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Recent Examples of robustly
How can a nation embrace rainbow branding while failing to robustly protect the very sites where LGBTQ+ liberation took root?
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Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
For Democrats in this robustly blue state, part of the challenge in figuring a path forward is that every candidate — even those already in power — pitches themselves as a bona fide progressive against the status quo.
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National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Getty Images/iStockphoto Millions of American workers spend a good portion of their careers focused on a single goal – building their retirement funds as robustly as possible.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
That's a preview of the arguments the defense team may make more robustly at the actual hearing.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Rampell’s writing and commentary do not reflect the views of actual neoconservatives, who champion shrinking the welfare state as well as a robustly interventionist foreign policy.
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Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
In response to these lofty aims, the recent messages from the ranks of entrenched executives have been robustly competitive.
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
His successors must be robustly equipped to dare, and if necessary suffer losses, in the same way.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Estimates suggest that precision agriculture will expand robustly through the latter half of the decade, and individuals guiding this expansion will be in demand.
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Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
For Democrats in this robustly blue state, part of the challenge in figuring a path forward is that every candidate — even those already in power — pitches themselves as a bona fide progressive against the status quo.
—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Getty Images/iStockphoto Millions of American workers spend a good portion of their careers focused on a single goal – building their retirement funds as robustly as possible.
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Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
That's a preview of the arguments the defense team may make more robustly at the actual hearing.
—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Rampell’s writing and commentary do not reflect the views of actual neoconservatives, who champion shrinking the welfare state as well as a robustly interventionist foreign policy.
—
Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
In response to these lofty aims, the recent messages from the ranks of entrenched executives have been robustly competitive.
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
His successors must be robustly equipped to dare, and if necessary suffer losses, in the same way.
—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Estimates suggest that precision agriculture will expand robustly through the latter half of the decade, and individuals guiding this expansion will be in demand.
—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for robustly
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Duenas expected sales to climb sharply in the weeks leading up to the tournament and said his customers are coming from all walks of life, including fans from foreign countries.
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Today, visitors can spot wildlife like bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets among the sharply eroded buttes.
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Trust is constructed slowly, personally, and protected fiercely.
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Yet the illusion has quickly faded, revealing an appetite for the biggest stage that remains fiercely insatiable.
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While the city writ large is divided on Mamdani, Democratic primary voters strongly favor the 34-year-old democratic socialist who won in an upset a year earlier, according to Bradley Honan, a Democratic pollster.
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Where assortments were once strongly driven by trends, today the starting point is the customer.
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Georgia’s most influential dishes could be debated vigorously, but there’s no question that food has been an integral part of the South’s culture.
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Other studio heads, such as Marvel’s Kevin Feige or Warners’ Pam Abdy, are known to get vigorously involved in the post-production process.
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Attempts to organize farmworkers were often crushed violently.
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Taylor and Mortensen have been engaged in a contentious, high-profile legal battle after a pair of investigations were launched by Utah police departments in February into allegations that each acted violently during altercations that month.
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Trump has vehemently denied her claims and disputed the Manhattan civil jury's 2023 unanimous verdict.
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In addition to the draft changes, owners have already proposed a big-league salary cap and floor, both of which the MLB players’ union vehemently opposes.
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Tom Hanks is the Army Ranger captain who takes his men on a powerfully emotional quest to find a missing private (Matt Damon).
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Social cues about which behaviors are admired, accepted or quietly corrected can shape conduct more powerfully than any training program.
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Burnout, by contrast, is a harder reason for many owners to say out loud, especially when the business is still healthy, and the outward signs of success remain firmly in place.
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Meloni was firmly in the fold at a late June meeting in Berlin with the leaders of Germany, France, Britain and Poland.
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“Robustly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robustly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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