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as in completely
to a full extent or degree
I am totally upset you can't make it to the celebration
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as in systematically
with attention to all aspects or details
he made totally sure the door was locked when he left the house
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Recent Examples of totally
Meaning, no water source, no matter how remote, can be guaranteed to be pristine or totally uncontaminated.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
Was it totally spurred by the social media interactions between both casts?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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That said, Saturnalia wasn’t totally innocent.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
To us, as individuals who frequently whip up 12-clove Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry and don’t bat an eye about adding about 48 cloves to our homemade Chili Crisp, Ina Garten’s viral Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic recipe seems totally reasonable.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
Was it totally spurred by the social media interactions between both casts?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Related Video Off the Cuff: Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short Talk Favorite Roles, Worst Auditions, and ‘Demure Autumn’
That said, Saturnalia wasn’t totally innocent.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
To us, as individuals who frequently whip up 12-clove Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry and don’t bat an eye about adding about 48 cloves to our homemade Chili Crisp, Ina Garten’s viral Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic recipe seems totally reasonable.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
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Because of this, the Supreme Court prefers to not make decisions about anything until the lower courts and, more importantly, the circuit courts have fully fleshed out the issues and rationales to be examined.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Since electrical transmission lines have been the cause of many of our recent fires, why doesn’t the state of California provide the funds to put the transmission lines underground and then charge the electrical utility companies 10% of their profits until the cost is fully repaid?U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Drain the noodles thoroughly and stir into the sauce.CAROLE KOTKIN, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Water thoroughly if the soil feels somewhat dry to the touch at that depth.Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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To the utterly vanquished and frequently mocked 3-14 Cleveland Browns goes the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kulak has gone from someone who wasn’t comfortable enough playing the right side during the playoffs to managing there quite well.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Image This is a lot to ask of a literary plot, but the story is quite hardy: It’s been around for over 200 years.Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The video — posted by TikTok user Belle Hesse on Jan. 7 — shows hands placing a perfectly cut, phone-sized piece of sturdy cardboard inside a black phone case with an opaque screen protector.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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This wine—the crisp Pinot Bianco, the textured Chardonnay, the exotic Gewürztraminer, the elegant Pinot Noir, or the robust Lagrein—perfectly exemplify this region's quality and diversity.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Often lauded as one of the finest filmmakers of his generation, Lynch coined a distinctive and wholly unique style of storytelling, which often involved all-American normality jarring with warped scenes of unexpected violence.Charlotte Owen, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
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Not the best time for a movie on a wholly different scourge.Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Apps aren’t all bad, and the TikTok ban can be used to prompt open and deeper discussions about your child’s mental health.Taylor Grothe, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
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So the Rams rookie edge rusher knows all about the Philadelphia Eagles, his team’s opponent Sunday in an NFC divisional-round playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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The album is entirely cohesive yet musically ambitious in its foundation of live instrumentation, blending tradition and modernity with genres like salsa, reggaeton, dembow and plena, creating a patchwork of the island’s richest musical resources.Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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In this vein, Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, and especially Sam.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Totally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totally. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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