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Recent Examples of crudely
That’s because any time Booth is, say, smoking a cigarette, it is crudely scratched out onscreen — doubtless at once a nod to TV standards and a thumb to the nose at censors.
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Those were the days of crudely working insulin, crazy meal schedules and no cell phones.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
On the first couple of nights, as the bats began to explore Latham Island, their head direction cells fired crudely.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
White glue, popsicle sticks, construction paper — crudely cut out and stuck on a milk carton.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Here, astronomers are gawking at a radio signal that appears crudely on the screen like a crooked game of Pong but turns out to be a line of data repeated every 78 seconds from 600 light-years away.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Museums will need to be far more careful about crudely luring visitors with the value of their exhibits, as will collectors.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
The pie shoved in Anthony’s face by his lover, Giuseppe, felt like a neat distillation of how crudely the series seemed to clown its characters, week after week after week.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Cutifani recalls one time that an investor crudely asked him why Anglo American was engaged in ESG—the acronym commonly referring to environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Those were the days of crudely working insulin, crazy meal schedules and no cell phones.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
On the first couple of nights, as the bats began to explore Latham Island, their head direction cells fired crudely.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
White glue, popsicle sticks, construction paper — crudely cut out and stuck on a milk carton.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Here, astronomers are gawking at a radio signal that appears crudely on the screen like a crooked game of Pong but turns out to be a line of data repeated every 78 seconds from 600 light-years away.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Museums will need to be far more careful about crudely luring visitors with the value of their exhibits, as will collectors.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
The pie shoved in Anthony’s face by his lover, Giuseppe, felt like a neat distillation of how crudely the series seemed to clown its characters, week after week after week.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Cutifani recalls one time that an investor crudely asked him why Anglo American was engaged in ESG—the acronym commonly referring to environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crudely
Adverb
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Straight and gay pornography was aired, albeit clumsily censored by the network.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Then a new entity clumsily named Netflix intruded with its quantum equation.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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When wealthy velvet magnate Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif) moves in next door, at opulent Thrushcross Grange, Cathy awkwardly introduces herself, Edgar becomes smitten and his young ward Isabella (Alison Oliver) loves having a new girl friend.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The film is largely forgotten today, a minor effort awkwardly lodged between the grit of New Hollywood, on one side, and the schlocky flash-bang blockbusters of the eighties, on the other.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Crudely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crudely. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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