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Recent Examples of vaguely
The rooms The 99 rooms are vaguely Moroccan-inspired and connect closely to the surrounding jungle.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
Representing a departure from the artist’s preferred medium of wood, the monument curves outward from a narrow base, its vertical form and vaguely human contours seeming to emanate light, notwithstanding the material’s heft.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026
And vaguely nonconsensual biometric-data collection, at least for now, seems to be a Wegmans thing.
—Nora Deligter, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026
There is a vaguely serious — or perhaps more substantive — point here.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
Representing a departure from the artist’s preferred medium of wood, the monument curves outward from a narrow base, its vertical form and vaguely human contours seeming to emanate light, notwithstanding the material’s heft.
—News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026
And vaguely nonconsensual biometric-data collection, at least for now, seems to be a Wegmans thing.
—Nora Deligter, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026
There is a vaguely serious — or perhaps more substantive — point here.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for vaguely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
Adverb
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And by the time the principal and interest are fully paid off, in 2048, public payments for the team will total slightly less than one and a half billion dollars.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Gumbs projects slightly better than Sapp, largely due to his lean 6-foot-4 frame that fits the mold of mutant edge rushers the NFL is currently searching for.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That night, Kane was injured, and Carsley tried to pick the boldest, most talented team possible, with Jude Bellingham nominally up front, and Foden, Palmer, Gordon and Bukayo Saka in, too.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Signs would nominally point Joe.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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By the end of summer 2024, there was little more to argue about how a trial should proceed; the judge had already set a trial date in January 2025.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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But some scientists are wondering whether novel or little-understood climate dynamics could help explain the length, intensity and breadth of this month’s event.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In other words, the chin contributes negligibly to resisting chewing forces.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Moon, whose magnetic field is negligibly small, does not regulate itself in this fashion at all.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Slash to appear post-birth-disappearance decently alert at hard taco brunch with other adults who have been wondering about you, as in about your wholeness as a person—then boob communications from a baby not even present arrive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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On the track, Lamar and Rihanna’s vocals both sound great, easily cutting through the mix, while the percussion is again decently crisp.—
Christian de Looper,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Somehow, the shameless concept of tanking has become an acceptably mainstream idea like destination weddings and the Paleo diet.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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One-on-one gatherings are my preference, but no more than a group of maybe four people at a time would be acceptably comfortable for me.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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