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as in specifically
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Recent Examples of expressly
According to SurreyLive, the Loseley Park house was constructed expressly to entertain Elizabeth, who’d complained of the lack of suitable dwellings in the area.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Chang expects that to continue with Series 2 and says many of the same principles carry over even if the shoe was expressly designed for women.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
Most state voucher laws are written to expressly protect the voucher-accepting school’s power to discriminate.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Why is the government still using drones, especially for sensitive homeland security purposes, that are expressly prohibited?
—Joe Wilkins Published Jan 15, Futurism, 15 Jan. 2026
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
Chang expects that to continue with Series 2 and says many of the same principles carry over even if the shoe was expressly designed for women.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
Most state voucher laws are written to expressly protect the voucher-accepting school’s power to discriminate.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Why is the government still using drones, especially for sensitive homeland security purposes, that are expressly prohibited?
—Joe Wilkins Published Jan 15, Futurism, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressly
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Aguilar has specifically faced sharp scrutiny in recent months by councilmembers who have encouraged the director to focus on pressing issues like surveillance cameras and drone policies.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Indonesia -- the world's most populous Muslim-majority country -- said Tuesday that its military had begun training personnel to serve in Gaza, specifically for reconstruction and humanitarian response.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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These grants can cover cleanups and sustainable cultivation projects, or even related efforts such as fish conservation.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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But even more people avoid the worst outcomes of colon cancer by getting screened early and as often as is recommended.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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More concretely, this means reactivating the brand and stabilizing the business.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
19 Jan. 2026
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But in the near term, investors may still be flighty, unless something concretely reassuring, such as Oracle achieving positive cash flow, reassures them the snapping sound is just a twig in the forest.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
15 Dec. 2025
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That day, combined with an indigo blue dress, Máxima perfectly understood the symbolic weight of the royal jewelry box.—
Marta Martínez Tato,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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With a perfectly crispy and browned panko crust, this casserole is nearly irresistible.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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The robotics firm’s mission is to develop humanoid robots specially built for dependable, large-scale deployment in real-world industrial settings.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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The founders carved out elections specially to say the federal government can only act if Congress acts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The law names city, county, and other local agencies, as well as federal law enforcement agencies, but notably does not include law enforcement officers employed by the state, creating a distinction that the judge found discriminatory against federal agents.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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But even if the director is participating in a fantastical, Bridgerton-esque approach to colorblind casting — or else purposefully disrupting canonical characters’ identities despite the importance of race in the original plot — her two leads remain, quite notably, white.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Expressly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressly. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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