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Recent Examples of expressly
Many Millennials and Gen Zers expressly blame the Boomers for that, accusing them of hoarding wealth, jobs, and power.
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Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
This case has a statute that expressly allows the imposition of tariffs or quotas.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Most significantly, the new laws expressly require officers to act in good faith, with reasonable care and in the best interests of the organization.
—Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
This was the first organization expressly devoted to mitigating threats to civilization.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
This case has a statute that expressly allows the imposition of tariffs or quotas.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Most significantly, the new laws expressly require officers to act in good faith, with reasonable care and in the best interests of the organization.
—Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
This was the first organization expressly devoted to mitigating threats to civilization.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressly
Adverb
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The soldiers trained on both the Bumblebee V1, a small, first-person-view drone that has seen thousands of combat flights in Ukraine, and the newer Bumblebee V2, which has automatic target recognition specifically meant to counter other drones and which has not been deployed yet.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Perkins did not hold any public meetings specifically for District 1 residents surrounding the data center and its accompanying financial plan, Cobb said.—
Ilana Arougheti
Updated April 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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One practical effect of that requirement was the protection of reliably Democratic-voting majority-minority districts, even in solidly red states where lawmakers could otherwise favor the GOP.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Missouri faces a legal battle over a referendum to redraw one key district even before weighing changes under the Supreme Court’s decision.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The Canucks have sported cement shoes and now sit concretely at the bottom of the standings.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2026
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More concretely, this means reactivating the brand and stabilizing the business.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
19 Jan. 2026
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Her racial ambiguity was perfectly calibrated to an era in which brands were clamoring to amplify their social-media presence by appealing to as many audiences as possible.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Greenard perfectly fit defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ system.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Production on the movie, specially formatted for IMAX, will start later this year.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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The movie will be specially formatted for IMAX.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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New use for a common tool There are existing methods for collecting information on coffee’s chemical composition, most notably liquid or gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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And Anthropic, for its part, has had to take some cues from OpenAI—notably by making big and expensive data-center deals, such as an expansion in its partnership with Amazon Web Services.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Expressly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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