ˈmä-d(ə-)rət-lē
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
it was raining moderately hard outside
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Recent Examples of moderately
What ships fast in a demo rarely survives contact with real users, edge cases and the kind of low-effort probing that any moderately curious person will apply to a new app.
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Dan Haiem,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Anything beyond that—media editing, moderately demanding professional work—is for faster machines.
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Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
At the time, the body was already moderately decomposed.
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Options at the minimum There likely will be a moderately appealing list of players who don’t get midlevel money and could opt to play with Antetokounmpo and Adebayo in Miami.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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Dan Haiem,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Anything beyond that—media editing, moderately demanding professional work—is for faster machines.
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Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
At the time, the body was already moderately decomposed.
—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Options at the minimum There likely will be a moderately appealing list of players who don’t get midlevel money and could opt to play with Antetokounmpo and Adebayo in Miami.
—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderately
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Not to be like, mean, but just speaking pretty objectively here.
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Some of those old sites may be updated with NDS’s signature flair, but the ones that don’t look as pretty remain the primary resource for Americans seeking government information or assistance online.
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By contrast, retirees enjoy a financial edge in such states as Minnesota, Utah and Colorado, where residents enjoy high retirement income and expenses that are relatively manageable.
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India is seen as a laggard in the global AI race, but having the world’s second-largest workforce and relatively low labor costs has led to a boom in companies collecting data to train robots.
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He's played with some incredible guards and centers throughout his 10-year career, but none quite like Maxey, Edgecombe and Embiid.
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Princess Diana has long been the subject of exhibitions—but maybe never one quite like this.
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Douglas said automatic gratuities also serve a practical purpose for larger parties, helping to ensure servers are fairly compensated for the additional coordination and service those tables require.
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Still, box office held fairly steady in the June heat, with total receipts of $36,698,946 down just 6% from the previous week and 7% from this time last season.
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Yamal is most likely your favorite player’s favorite player to watch, to steal a somewhat corny adage.
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OpenAI may also be hoping to head off a somewhat similar proposal from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders which would force AI companies to contribute as much as 50% of their equity to a sovereign wealth fund.
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America's Block Party is not a singular event but rather an umbrella for local events throughout the United States.
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Its light is rather that of a glowing molten metal than that of a burning furnace.
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Between daily high temperatures and warm overnight lows — which won't be low enough to offer much relief — more than 300 records are expected to be set by Saturday.
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Santorini’s cruise pressure has become visible enough that the Municipal Port Fund of Thira set a maximum of 8,000 cruise passengers per day for both 2025 and 2026.
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“Moderately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderately. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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