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as in sadly
with feelings of bitterness or grief
our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed
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as in terribly
to a great degree
completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat
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Recent Examples of sorely
Television What made ‘Gossip Girl’ a phenomenon is sorely missing from the reboot
July 8, 2021
Representatives for Westwick and Jackson did not reply immediately Thursday to The Times’ requests for further comment.
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Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Republicans expecting a red wave were sorely disappointed, as Democrats almost held on to the House of Representatives and, defying all predictions, gained a seat in the Senate.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
Anyone looking to Manifesto for a distillation of how to bring nuance and understatement to a performance is going to be sorely disappointed.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Instead, land is communally owned, which limits access to the credit and development opportunities that were sorely needed to reconstruct the island after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Republicans expecting a red wave were sorely disappointed, as Democrats almost held on to the House of Representatives and, defying all predictions, gained a seat in the Senate.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
Anyone looking to Manifesto for a distillation of how to bring nuance and understatement to a performance is going to be sorely disappointed.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Instead, land is communally owned, which limits access to the credit and development opportunities that were sorely needed to reconstruct the island after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorely
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There are, sadly, many places in the world where horrific abuses are committed.James Longman, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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But the two-time Globe winner sadly couldn’t muster nominations for either performance this year.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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That actually didn’t turn out terribly and was surprisingly bipartisan at the end.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Foxx’s health was failing terribly, and his vitals were down.Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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These functions are easy to compute in one direction and extremely difficult to reverse.John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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This can go badly wrong when such tools are used to classify people and make consequential decisions about them.Arvind Narayanan, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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But now there are reports of folks getting significantly injured as a result, sometimes badly enough to get hospitalized.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The band worked incredibly hard during their first era, releasing a lot of music for a group of brothers during their decades together.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The actress turned out to have a knack for creating incredibly fun Instagrams, putting her in a pantheon of stars who are just as fun to watch on the super-small screen, that includes Reese Witherspoon, Chrissy Teigen and Gwyneth Paltrow.Alex Apatoff, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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As Chelsea’s players carve out their fifth straight UEFA Conference League victory, those in the stands desperately attempt to stay warm.Lucy Oliva, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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The oppressed, however, are desperately trying to be heard.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
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Almost all of the editors said this croissant was very plain, lacked flavor, and reminded them more of white bread than a croissant.Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Thornton appeared, crossing the road from the college, his approach slowed by a very small, dark-haired child who was holding his hand.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Human individual rights and protecting them are awesome, too.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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This is far too many points to spot a Steelers team with a defense much stronger than any the Eagles have faced recently.Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorely. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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