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Adverb
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Mack The Knife was justifiably furious after falling short of winning gold, and took heat from both sides of the border immediately after the game.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026 -
One of the many beauties of being Mexican is the right to be very loud and proud (justifiably so) about our abundant culinary contributions.—
Inés Anguiano,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Cannon’s decision held that if a prosecutor was not validly appointed, dismissal of the case is the only remedy.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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If Halligan wasn’t validly appointed, the indictment may be legally void.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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But Sean Payton’s team was also abnormally good in one-score games, won its final two against division foes without their starting quarterbacks, played a third-place schedule and stayed fairly healthy — until overtime of the divisional round, at least.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
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That's a fairly small sum, although many of her most famous dance cuts arrived long before iTunes, and sometimes decades before Billboard introduced the tally.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Antwaun Sargent commandeered the Gagosian booth, which has a pleasantly group show-y feel, with a nice moment featuring a Theaster Gates sculpture flanked by a Stanley Whitney painting and a Tyler Mitchell photograph.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Despite being in one of the city’s more tony neighborhoods, The Modernist feels pleasantly relaxed whilst retaining a low-key buzz; enough happening, but by no means a party place.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Pedigree and salary play a role in how many quality players a team can reasonably expect to have.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The moment one partner felt unseen and chose, reasonably enough, to say nothing.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Excusably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excusably. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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