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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-heartedly
roughly
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Front-line fighting and shelling grinds on Fierce fighting has continued along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, and both sides have hit each other’s territory with deep strikes.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025 -
Still, even the teams near the bottom of the financial standings are on the upswing, and league-wide, the NWSL posted a regular-season attendance record with more than 2 million fans in 2024, or an average of roughly 11,250 per game, up 6% from 2023.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Hard-heartedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-heartedly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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