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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decisively
Adverb
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Both fish have two dorsal fins, but largemouths have a tell-tale break between the fins, while smallmouths have clearly connected dorsal fins.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025 -
But after the consumer staples sector began to improve earlier this month, the equal-weighted ratio also has now clearly turned lower.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Well, it certainly would not have been launched without YouTube.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Collins’s search for his wife will surely play a major role, but can that take the form of a mystery that’s slowly unraveled over the course of a season?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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This draft’s most intriguing wide receiver is Travis Hunter, who was lumped in with the cornerbacks at last week’s combine and surely will be out of the 49ers’ first-round reach.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Bam assuredly would trade all of such accolades for a championship, with that the ongoing primary focus.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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Countries will assuredly retaliate, meaning American workers in export countries will suffer.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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What started with an iced beverage (sort of butterscotch, sort of shortbread, definitely non-alcoholic) with the Wizarding World’s opening in 2010, now comes in frozen, hot and non-dairy varieties, plus there’s butterbeer fudge, potted cream and ice cream for sale.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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Grant is definitely thrown, and Dina is scrambling to say her friends will more than make up for it.—
Ali Barthwell,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Studies have shown that should the climate warm beyond it, which is almost certain at this point, the odds of potentially disastrous climate change effects become more likely.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
6 Mar. 2025
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Each patch has 450 micro-darts to help get the ingredients deeper into skin—potentially yielding more dramatic results.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Decisively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decisively. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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