How to Use expressly in a Sentence

expressly

adverb
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  • This is not the aim of the Academy, at least not expressly.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
  • To the contrary, the court expressly passed on that question.
    — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Nothing in the show is more than five years old, and some works were made expressly for the exhibit.
    — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Never mind that Democrats had expressly said the penalty was not a tax.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2018
  • Four works of art were commissioned expressly for the site.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • John Adams expressly feared two great parties that would just clash and clash.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Hayes noted that Sanchez painted the suite of six conchas expressly for the show.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Last week, the Supreme Court gave them their wish and expressly overruled the Chevron decision.
    — Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • The edge of the black hole is thus a region of space and time that expressly forbids interlopers.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Others expressly disavowed the new blue badge, which seemed to them anything but cool.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • As the name suggests, this hoodie was designed expressly to take on your trips.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • The president said the new Georgia law was expressly what the House bill was designed to prevent.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • There is no Michigan law that expressly permits the open carry of firearms.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2020
  • This steamer looks to be expressly designed for quick hits.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2024
  • This makes sense since it’s expressly designed to be breathable.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
  • One of the laws is expressly concerned with juvenile victims like the one the film focuses on.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The 15th Amendment expressly forbade states from denying the vote because of race.
    — National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The role has been expanded for the film, with Stenberg singing a new original song composed expressly for the film.
    — Dave McNary, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • There are now a number of pieces designed expressly for high summer.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 1 June 2021
  • René Dreyfus, the champion driver Schell handpicked for the job, had been expressly chosen to poke the Fuhrer, too.
    — Neal Bascomb, Car and Driver, 31 May 2020
  • This subconsciously and expressly justifies the sale in the mind of the potential client.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 June 2022
  • The prizes do not include any items other than those expressly stated.
    — The Economist, 19 June 2019
  • Buildings constructed expressly for the Games – and there are only two – have been done so with legacy in mind.
    — Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2024
  • This was expressly not Darwin’s view, but rather that of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
    — Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The band’s 11th studio album arrives with 10 songs almost expressly about loss, grieving and the struggle to move on.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • For their one-off about the Charles who would be king, Jennings’ team pulled from unaired news footage newly digitized expressly for the film.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 19 June 2023
  • While most candles are used in the evening to set a relaxing tone at the end of a hectic day, this one was expressly developed to do the opposite.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Some brands, like the aforementioned the Sleeper, Fleur du Mal and Attico, were founded expressly to make all-day lounge wear.
    — Nancy McDonell, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Travelers like me come expressly for these glowing waters, which have none of the crowds of Tulum and Cancún.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Besides expressly banning such usage of its platform, Microsoft has also developed guardrails that inspect both prompts inputted by users and the resulting output for signs the content requested violates any of these terms.
    — Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025

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