as in correctly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
the scouts were properly dressed for a week of camping
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Recent Examples of properly
Unilever previously responded that it was in acted properly and conducted a good faith conversation with Ben & Jerry’s board about removing its CEO.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The aperture ring is properly indexed, and each click makes a one-third stop change.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
By failing to properly punish him, Charlotte failed Iryna Zarutska and North Carolinians.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
There’s a clear business case for properly managing worker complaints, too, said Tzlil Rubenstein, the Fair Labor Association’s social compliance program officer.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The aperture ring is properly indexed, and each click makes a one-third stop change.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
By failing to properly punish him, Charlotte failed Iryna Zarutska and North Carolinians.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
There’s a clear business case for properly managing worker complaints, too, said Tzlil Rubenstein, the Fair Labor Association’s social compliance program officer.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for properly
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Operations is responsible for ensuring those resources are provisioned correctly, reachable by the right services and compliant with organizational policy.—
Ronak Desai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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After just one dose, participants answered more questions correctly, made fewer mistakes, and responded faster.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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The prospect of clawbacks of government support, as well as the retroactive revocation of tariff exemptions and tax breaks, should provide additional pressure for companies to build in America—and for markets to value domestic production appropriately.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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She was viciously beaten after having been detained by an officer who accused her of not dressing appropriately in public, in defiance of the country’s hijab rule, which broadly governs what women should wear.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Properly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/properly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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