as in right
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
a line that is squarely in the middle
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That puts Beamer squarely at the top for SEC coach of the year honors.
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Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
President-elect Trump on Wednesday said any Republican lawmaker who backs a continuing resolution without including an increase to the debt limit should face a primary challenge, placing the issue of the debt ceiling squarely at the center of efforts to keep the government open.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
It was screened in places like Picturehouse that are squarely pitched to bourgeois film consumption.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
But in the end, the entertainment value rested squarely on the shoulders of the woman in the Phat Farm T-shirt.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
President-elect Trump on Wednesday said any Republican lawmaker who backs a continuing resolution without including an increase to the debt limit should face a primary challenge, placing the issue of the debt ceiling squarely at the center of efforts to keep the government open.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
It was screened in places like Picturehouse that are squarely pitched to bourgeois film consumption.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
But in the end, the entertainment value rested squarely on the shoulders of the woman in the Phat Farm T-shirt.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Squarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squarely. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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