as in effortlessly
without difficulty
we proceeded smoothly to the next stage of the project
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The division is open for the taking, meaning if the Commanders can also easily earn the top seed in the NFC.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025 -
This required surgically implanting acoustic tags that could transmit data via satellite and cannot be easily dislodged during the study period.—
Priya Shukla,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Even Democrats went pretty easy with their questions.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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But the movie’s lesson goes down easy, thanks largely to Faris, who breezes through the movie like the spiritual heir to Marilyn Monroe, with a little Brigitte Bardot and Dolly Parton tossed in.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Depositphotos View 2 Images In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go through the intermediate step of converting them to stem cells first.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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Seamless integration with freight forwarders, 3PLs, customs brokers and shipping agents ensures that critical data flows efficiently between systems.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Mar. 2025
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In successful teams, nourishment takes different forms: • Sharing expertise freely, rather than guarding knowledge.—
Barbara Wittmann,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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After nearly five years of freely ravaging her body, the illness had spread throughout the back of her neck.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Smoothly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoothly. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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