as in genuinely
without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration
thanked them sincerely for their help
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Recent Examples of sincerely
The back support was there, and as someone who’s five eleven, that was sincerely appreciated.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
This, to me, is sincerely one of the greatest places that anyone could visit.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Because my beliefs are sincerely rooted in a flawed human’s attempts at decency — with equality for all, and discriminating against no one.
—Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
At sentencing, Woods’ attorney reiterated that Woods sincerely believed the block was about to erupt in gunfire and said his client has almost no criminal history, save for a years-old misdemeanor conviction.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
This, to me, is sincerely one of the greatest places that anyone could visit.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Because my beliefs are sincerely rooted in a flawed human’s attempts at decency — with equality for all, and discriminating against no one.
—Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
At sentencing, Woods’ attorney reiterated that Woods sincerely believed the block was about to erupt in gunfire and said his client has almost no criminal history, save for a years-old misdemeanor conviction.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sincerely
Adverb
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Others are new, building on a genuinely fresh and funny revelation that explains not only a cold open involving yakuza gangsters half a world away in Osaka, but also why this quaint town is sitting on a stash of weaponry big enough to overthrow the governments of several small nations.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Noel, almost entirely tight-lipped through the first half of the show, mostly leaving the posturing to his younger brother, seemed genuinely emotional.—
Alex Edelman,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Some parenting ideas such as talking openly about race and teaching kids to be proud of their culture seem helpful.—
Alvin Thomas,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Parents can help by learning what content their kids see online, talking openly about these pressures, and guiding them toward healthy habits and safe choices.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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But tag-ins and assists are still essential and, honestly, easier than ever.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Many wealth management strategies naively assume that rate cuts automatically benefit all equities equally.—
Elie Nour,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Rising health care costs are never far from many of our minds — the millions of people soon to be kicked off Medicaid but also plenty of us who thought, naively, that the well-insured would never need to worry.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Since a key tenet of the Shakers was lifelong abstinence, those numbers have naturally dwindled.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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That curiosity, paired with systemic thinking, naturally leads to insights that matter to the business, our customers and the industry at large.—
Heather Rosenow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Instead of freely taking up legal work in Thailand, Sara was smuggled at gunpoint into a scammers’ compound in Myanmar.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Open-source models amplify this risk – they can be freely downloaded, altered, and run offline, enabling rapid innovation but also removing layers of oversight.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Usually, though, it would be complemented by a transverse rear bed, because a longitudinal bed layout simply wouldn't fit behind the popular tandem bathroom compartment and front dinette.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
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When a film delivers both scares and a great story, audiences turn out in huge numbers because there is simply no substitute for the thrill of horror on the big screen.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sincerely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sincerely. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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