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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
The person responding to suggestion has the brainwave pattern of a person totally wide awake.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
This inherent impermanence makes tariffs totally ineffective at driving long-term corporate decision-making regarding where to locate facilities and jobs.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Even if the owner extends beyond his comfort zone to retain Bregman — which remains a legitimate possibility — Tucker exists in a totally different echelon.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
The following cogitations, therefore, are not totally uninformed noisy opining.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
This inherent impermanence makes tariffs totally ineffective at driving long-term corporate decision-making regarding where to locate facilities and jobs.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Even if the owner extends beyond his comfort zone to retain Bregman — which remains a legitimate possibility — Tucker exists in a totally different echelon.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
The following cogitations, therefore, are not totally uninformed noisy opining.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But aging in Jamaica’s tropical heat makes things move quickly, and this is a terrific, fully mature rum.Tony Sachs, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Because the tax credits are defined by law, Congress would have to act to fully remove them, and the auto industry is already lobbying to try to defend them.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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Notice that all these recipes—the Veronese, the Venetian, the Mantuan, and so forth—are thoroughly grounded in the what and the where.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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But they were thoroughly dominated Sunday afternoon.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Prior to this past summer, its host was an utterly anonymous Gen Z woman named Haliey Welch, a factory worker from Belfast, Tennessee.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Republicans insinuated that EcoHealth played a role in inventing the COVID virus, which is utterly preposterous.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Every team in the league is going to aggressively pursue the young flamethrower, so acquiring him may be quite tough.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Now, my view is quite different literally, physically, mentally, and emotionally.Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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His expertise and resources, combined with Landry’s discipline, systems, and processes, perfectly balanced the creativity that Catch was born from.Caroline Tell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Combining his own sensibilities with those of Góngora, the result falls perfectly somewhere in the middle.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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If Fishman’s math holds up, ESPN could be looking at a 20% boost in overall revenue in just seven years’ time—a feat that likely would be wholly improbable if the sports unit were to maintain the status quo or promote the streaming tyro at the expense of the foundational TV network.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tokenized securities proponents envision capital efficiency gains across the financial sector for securities that exist in a wholly on chain digital format.Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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The folkloric characters are all well documented in historic Icelandic literature, and the bibliophilic country is also well-known for its tradition of gifting books for Christmas.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Prior to the case confirmed in the Louisiana patient, cases had been mild and patients had all recovered after receiving antiviral medication, according to the CDC and state health officials.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trump's team moved to throw out the case entirely last month.Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Pornhub’s brand reset—better transparency, stricter moderation and verification, creator-friendly—won’t entirely shift the conversation from where the company has fallen short.Jason Parham, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Totally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/totally. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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