as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
cannot convict unless the defendant knowingly committed perjury
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Adverb
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For these reasons, intentionally creating buffer time can be a great solution.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025 -
The tool evaluates whether a product is intentionally designed for continuous, safe, and high-value reuse.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
2 June 2025
Adverb
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Several Tarrant County school districts accused TAD of deliberately defunding public schools last August.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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That could mean deliberately shrinking certain product lines that may no longer be profitable, pivoting away from certain global markets with high complexity, or diversifying your offering to take advantage of current circumstances and new preferences.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Adverb
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Read's defense claims he was left to die by local cops, who then purposely bungled the investigation as part of a cover up.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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The Four Horsemen purposely placed the money in Bradley's car so he would be framed and arrested.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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“Knowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knowingly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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