as in solely
for nothing other than
his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him
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Recent Examples of exclusively
The Brooklyn rapper returned with his latest album, No Rap on Sunday, last month, releasing the project exclusively on Even and avoiding DSP’s for the time being.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2025
The Cavs dominated the glass 49-35, and their bench decisively outperformed New York’s second unit, scoring 36 points to the Knicks’ 27 — almost exclusively from Landry Shamet and Miles McBride.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The Dune Lounge, open exclusively to resort guests, serves as both a dining and recreation space with ocean views, connecting to a firepit.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Marchesa Couture, now exclusively shoppable online at David’s Bridal, accentuates the voluminous skirt with an oversized rosette.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, Refinery29, 11 Apr. 2025
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2025
The Cavs dominated the glass 49-35, and their bench decisively outperformed New York’s second unit, scoring 36 points to the Knicks’ 27 — almost exclusively from Landry Shamet and Miles McBride.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The Dune Lounge, open exclusively to resort guests, serves as both a dining and recreation space with ocean views, connecting to a firepit.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Marchesa Couture, now exclusively shoppable online at David’s Bridal, accentuates the voluminous skirt with an oversized rosette.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, Refinery29, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclusively
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Diversify This idea is very similar to freelancing, but takes it a step further: why not diversify your skill set and your revenue streams instead of depending solely on one or even two sources (your job and your freelance business)?—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Blanketing our communities with descriptions that focus solely on crime is dishonest and hinders our efforts to achieve peace, especially those of us who have survived the unthinkable loss of a loved one to murder.—
Clementina Chery,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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This deeper level of engagement not only informs new office designs but can increases employees’ sense of ownership of it.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The use of the legislative fund needs approval only from legislative leaders.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
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That looks pretty optically strong to me – which, of course, is purely subjective – but the way to use this kind of chart is to see if the future actually sticks reasonably close to the trajectory.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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In many cases, nutrition practitioners are brought in purely to provide body composition assessments.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The Heat has now lost 10 straight games for just the eighth time in the franchise’s 37 seasons.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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Sparks-Haught learned that conceiving would be difficult at just 26 years old.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Chargers' Jim Harbaugh gives his thoughts on controversial 'tush push' The veteran head coach currently views the Philadelphia Eagles' famed play as simply football but is curious to see how a rule change vote goes on it.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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In our recent conversation to discuss his newest book, A Wealth of Well-Being, the behavioral finance professor at Santa Clara University referenced a portfolio not simply consisting of financial assets, but a portfolio of life.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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