somehow

as in ever
in a way that is not known or certain Somehow we got lost. She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand. It will all work out somehow.

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Recent Examples of somehow Why wouldn’t the exemption rate at least keep up with inflation or somehow be tied to your home’s value? Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025 And somehow, some way, her go-to shade appears to be transfer-proof, barely needing a touch-up throughout the night. Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 30 Jan. 2025 Post somehow missed a wide open dunk early in the fourth, indicative of Golden State’s season-long struggles at the rim. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025 Who’s to say that a serious-minded semi-Marxist critique of economic desperation and the rise of fascism in the Star Wars universe is somehow harder than transplanting the 1980s Amblin sensibility to the same universe? Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for somehow 
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Adverb
  • Now, a new study by Realtor.com has found that more existing houses than ever are in HOA-run communities, and that the fees collected to operate those properties are rising.
    LEW SICHELMAN, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, according to the atomic scientists behind the Doomsday Clock.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Somehow, someway, Washington keeps finding ways to win.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Somehow, someway, the Houston Astros have done just that.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • Water when the hole is half filled and again when the hole is completely filled.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The Concorde was uncomfortable and flew half empty.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Somehow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somehow. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.

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