as in practically
very close to but not completely
fell in love with a man who was virtually penniless
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Recent Examples of virtually
Fallout continues after President Donald Trump's unveiling of severe tariffs against virtually all U.S. trading partners.
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
Attendees didn’t seem to mind that some of the NASA reps appeared virtually, remotely projecting slides that outlined contracting opportunities, providing personal emails of the right people to contact and tips about the days when vendors could visit with small business specialists.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
Office hours are open virtually on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Physical copies of the plans will be distributed to local libraries and copies of the plans can be found online here.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
In other words, Omniverse lets enterprises and cloud providers simulate an AI factory (from cooling layouts to networking) as a 3D model, test changes and troubleshoot virtually before a single server is installed.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
Attendees didn’t seem to mind that some of the NASA reps appeared virtually, remotely projecting slides that outlined contracting opportunities, providing personal emails of the right people to contact and tips about the days when vendors could visit with small business specialists.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
Office hours are open virtually on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Physical copies of the plans will be distributed to local libraries and copies of the plans can be found online here.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
In other words, Omniverse lets enterprises and cloud providers simulate an AI factory (from cooling layouts to networking) as a 3D model, test changes and troubleshoot virtually before a single server is installed.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtually
Adverb
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Excluding operators from development creates technically sound but practically flawed optimization targets.—
Pieter Van Schalkwyk,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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At a time when practically the entire rom-com genre has gravitated to streaming, this bilingual theatrical offering from Sony Pictures Classics feels like the best kind of throwback.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Your Friends & Neighbors was actually her first time back on set in almost five years.—
Danielle Pergament,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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Famously owned by the actor and musician for almost a decade until 2001, when the place traded hands for around $2.2 million, records show the property was last sold to politician Justin Aguilera and his beauty entrepreneur wife Candace in 2020 for nearly $3 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Mapping shallow waters with this level of precision used to be nearly impossible, but now, scientists, conservationists and planners have a powerful new tool at their fingertips.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Famously owned by the actor and musician for almost a decade until 2001, when the place traded hands for around $2.2 million, records show the property was last sold to politician Justin Aguilera and his beauty entrepreneur wife Candace in 2020 for nearly $3 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Virtually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtually. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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