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Clues To Dickinsonia’s Classification As Animal For decades, Dickinsonia’s placement in the Tree of Life was hotly debated.—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Wen: This is an area that is hotly debated among clinicians and public health experts.—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025 The Elon Musk effect is being hotly debated in Republican circles this weekend, even as the reverberations from President Trump’s tariff policies dominate the headlines.—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025 The historical usage and the underlying concept are still hotly debated to this day.—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotly
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hotly was
before the 12th century
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