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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passingly
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But perhaps most excitingly for those going through Traitors withdrawal is the casting of Tom Sandoval.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
29 May 2025 -
Since those comments, Crow-Armstrong has hit 14 home runs while continuing to play Gold Glove-caliber defense and cause havoc on the bases, showing his full potential as one of the sport’s most exciting talents.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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With extremely long battery life, this is a productivity portable that will get you through an entire day on the go, and the keyboard is a pleasure to use.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 May 2025
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Continuing with her streak of daring silhouettes, the performer took the stage in a black textured jumpsuit with a completely open back that sat extremely low on her hips.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The show then moves to them seeing each other for the first time, meeting families and other contestants, then deciding whether to get married in final episodes that range from the dramatic to the exceedingly dramatic.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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Jupiter will soon end its brilliant year-long showing on consecutive evenings with a rendezvous with an exceedingly thin and very young crescent moon.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 May 2025
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These irresponsible journalists should try such worthwhile exercises rather than squander their talents on Trump hatred and national division.—
Deroy Murdock,
National Review,
20 Mar. 2020
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To support such resource-intensive work, in 2003 Banerjee, Duflo, and a colleague founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a network of nearly 200 researchers performing such randomized controlled experiments in economics.—
Adrian Cho,
Science | AAAS,
14 Oct. 2019
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Turns out, despite being a comedian, Fielder does have the capacity to be taken seriously.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
26 May 2025
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Mina worked her ass off, and threatened to beat Toni a couple times, though fans didn’t take most of the nearfalls seriously.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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So, this is a terrible – terribly misguided policy.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
1 June 2025
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Walker is not terribly splitty, and the Cardinals committed to giving him consistent playing time.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Adverb
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Every department, every person in the show, every actor is just bringing it to the very last take to the very last minute.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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Activists on the right are adopting some of the language being employed by Trump critics about an impending constitutional crisis, but with a very different meaning.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Herrera pulled the Suburban to a stop west of the Santa Teresa port of entry, in a stretch of desert far from the urban footprint of Sunland Park.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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But despite air support, Somalia’s army remains far from being able to maintain security on the ground, Langley acknowledged.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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“Passingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passingly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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