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adjective

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Recent Examples of that
Adverb
All of that made the move that much more difficult. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025 What’s meant for her — whether total pop domination or personal growth that once felt out of reach — won’t slip away that easily. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025 My overall takeaway is that plain drinking water is the best form of hydration. Katia Hetter, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025 Just a normal kid, that is, until two girls stop him, eyes wide and mouths agape, to ask for photos. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for that
Recent Examples of Synonyms for that
Adverb
  • Okay, so how do these prebiotic drinks stack up against diet sodas, which contain 0 grams of sugar?
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The formulation is cruelty-free, vegan, and dermatologist—tested, so your skin won’t react after using this cleanser on your tools.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Update, March 21, 2025: This story, originally published March 20, has been updated with further details regarding the AI attacks facing Gmail users and the FBI secret code warning issued in response, as well as expert opinion from cybersecurity professionals.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • His lawyer didn't immediately respond to messages seeking further comment Thursday.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Williams seems to have fundamentally misunderstood the novel, or at the very least to have only a diluted grasp of it.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But the Chargers should be adding at least one more quarterback, at the very minimum as a camp body.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The critique of contract workers created the ideas of natural and unnatural immigration, so that contract workers, or unnatural immigrants, could be vilified and their exclusion justified through contrast with the opposite category, free and natural immigrants.
    Made by History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The two franchises have been on opposite paths since the trade.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Their lack of depth was evident against this extremely deep Gators squad.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Probst then allowed Joe to help Eva calm her nerves and re-center herself, before the host himself became extremely emotional from her story.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These and many other student protests provide powerful strategies and lessons on resistance and how employees can advocate for workplace justice. 1.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • By Hannah Coates Blueberry blush is as easy to apply as Bieber's other low-key makeup looks, based on the model's most recent TikTok post.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Will Congress and the American people really stand by and let this happen?
    Michael Eric Siegel, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Sharapova won five major singles titles but never really troubled the Williams Empire after that brilliant start.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • If the two galaxies are aligned just right, the light from the farther galaxy forms a ring around the nearer one.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2025
  • How fast these farther galaxies are receding from us (which is easily read off from their color) divided by their distances gives H0.
    Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024

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“That.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/that. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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