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Adverb
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The technology has been a talker since Monsters Unchained was first announced.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
26 May 2025 -
The Last of Us Part II, released on the PlayStation 4 in 2020, allowed players to experience the story first as Ellie before shifting back in time to tell the same sequence of events but from Abby's perspective.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
Adverb
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The last scene in the finale, which released on Sunday, showed all the prisoners cheering for him, as he’s now earned the respect of criminals in the mob world.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
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His own insistence on ending the Ukraine conflict, along with his personal interventions with the Ukrainian and Russian leaders, means that Trump and the United States are now inextricably linked with the outcome.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
Adverb
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The total scheduled for this year, including the four that took place earlier this month, is one dozen.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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But in his dotage, the transition may have come early as younger, more progressive staffers tied to Democrats who likely could not have won the 2020 presidential election operated with limited supervision.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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And before long, fostering became a team effort between herself and Simon.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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The steadiness, as is almost always the case, paid off before long.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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“First off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20off. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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