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as in strongly
in a vigorous and forceful manner
roundly attacked the proposal to raise the state's gas tax
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as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
few sitcoms were as roundly disliked as that one
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Recent Examples of roundly
That uncomfortable and inconvenient reality was roundly ignored by the panelists.
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Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
Google’s live demos mark a shift from late last year, when the company tried to show off Gemini in a demonstration, and ended up getting roundly criticized for editing the video.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
Not until former president Ronald Reagan’s reelection bid did the candidate’s older age become roundly weaponized.
—Jerel Ezell, Scientific American, 23 July 2024
Prior generative AI apps had not especially done this to the same degree and were roundly criticized and booed off the world stage.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
Google’s live demos mark a shift from late last year, when the company tried to show off Gemini in a demonstration, and ended up getting roundly criticized for editing the video.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
Not until former president Ronald Reagan’s reelection bid did the candidate’s older age become roundly weaponized.
—Jerel Ezell, Scientific American, 23 July 2024
Prior generative AI apps had not especially done this to the same degree and were roundly criticized and booed off the world stage.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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Although not as right-leaning as other Deep South states, South Carolina maintains a conservative voting pattern and is considered a strongly red state at both the federal and state levels.The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Stewart has been critical of the county's election operations and, at times, toed the line of election denialism, while Navarro has strongly defended the board's handling of elections and sought to cast himself as a defender of democracy.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beijing has vigorously denied those claims, which came to light with the 2015 publication by German magazine Der Spiegel of documents purportedly from US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Shake vigorously about 25 times, then strain into a chilled martini glass.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Finish filling and add to pie plate: Add the milk mixture to the butter mixture; whisk thoroughly to combine.Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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Modi: Vikings -4 The Jaguars are in free fall, and, despite the final score showing a one-score loss, they were thoroughly dominated by the Eagles last week.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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As secretary-general, Nasrallah—along with Hezbollah’s top military strategist Imad Mughniyeh—was widely credited with transforming the group from a local militia to a nonstate military more powerful than the Lebanese Armed Forces.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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The Valiant had a European look that wasn’t widely appreciated, the Corvair had the rear engine challenge and the Falcon had more traditional styling.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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While full repeal of the act may be unlikely, an administration hostile to clean energy could divert its unspent funds to other purposes, slow the pace of grants or loans by slow-walking project approvals, or find other ways to make the tax incentives harder to get.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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For another, the sheer number of disparate state and local jurisdictions that would need to be manipulated makes any attempt to steal an election much harder.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fortunately for Toranaga, he’s got Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), a talented translator and fiercely loyal samurai, by his side.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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After Trump won, partially thanks to that hard-line border security message, Democrats fiercely opposed his promise to build a border wall and his even more controversial — and loathed by voters — policy separating families at the border.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Roundly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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