as in very
to a great degree
an extremely hot day
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Recent Examples of extremely
His character faced a myriad of complex conflicts, from reconciling with his privilege to an extremely uncomfortable encounter with his younger on-screen brother, played by Sam Nivola.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
However, when deployed at large scales, these solutions are extremely expensive and inefficient.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
Last year, the city issued 407 housing permits for new units for extremely low or very low-income tenants, a new city report stated.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
As sending anything to the moon is extremely expensive, using materials already present on the lunar surface, known as in-situ resource utilization, has the potential to hugely cut costs and expand possibilities.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
However, when deployed at large scales, these solutions are extremely expensive and inefficient.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
Last year, the city issued 407 housing permits for new units for extremely low or very low-income tenants, a new city report stated.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
As sending anything to the moon is extremely expensive, using materials already present on the lunar surface, known as in-situ resource utilization, has the potential to hugely cut costs and expand possibilities.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremely
Adverb
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Peters returns for the Manhattan Theatre Club’s fresh, surprising and very special Broadway production, following its run in Los Angeles.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lennon, meanwhile, brought a very different perspective.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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An incredibly realistic short almond nail set that may just have your friends fooled.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy came out incredibly hot, turning a two-shot deficit to Justin Rose into a three-shot lead in just over an hour.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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To Graydon Carter, a founder and coeditor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair, all of this seems terribly unfair.—
Nathan King,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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In a highly unusual twist, the medical contractor involved, Armor Correctional Health Services, was also criminally prosecuted, successfully, on seven counts of intentionally falsifying medical records and one count of abusing or neglecting a resident in a penal institution.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Adam Wharton falls into this category too and for that reason completes my midfield.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Many more children were affected by the bombing, too.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Shoulder pads are in for fall 2025 and so are other details that read unabashedly, authentically bold instead of being chained to the incessant trend cycle.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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At some point in the not-so-far-off future, quantum computers will become powerful enough to easily crack many forms of digital encryption.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The attack left parts of the residence badly burned, though no one was injured.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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There was Cole Anthony, who was playing so badly earlier this season that he was removed from the rotation, hitting big shot after big shot against the Hawks.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside Online,
20 Nov. 2024
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Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
20 Sep. 2024
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“Extremely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremely. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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