as in certainly
without any question
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Without giving anything away, there’s a shower sequence that definitely hurt a lot, too, because of how my body is thrown against walls without bracing myself in any way.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
Perhaps slightly more explicit and definitely more feminist, but thoroughly goofy in its exploration of the proclivities of the title characters.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Takeaway number 2, then, is that Valve is definitely committed to getting SteamOS supported on Nvidia hardware —work that will likely benefit the entire Linux gaming system and the open-source community.
—Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
At this point, that secret is definitely more secure than the secret of At Attin.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
Perhaps slightly more explicit and definitely more feminist, but thoroughly goofy in its exploration of the proclivities of the title characters.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Takeaway number 2, then, is that Valve is definitely committed to getting SteamOS supported on Nvidia hardware —work that will likely benefit the entire Linux gaming system and the open-source community.
—Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
At this point, that secret is definitely more secure than the secret of At Attin.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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And while that was certainly true this year, the real winners in a lot of ways were the new additions to the guitar amplifier world.—
Josh Chesler,
SPIN,
29 Jan. 2025
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But his educational background in politics and Hellenic studies is certainly out of the ordinary.—
Michael S. Lubell,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2025
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In a rare diplomatic triumph for the administration, those efforts helped Lebanon usher in a new president and prime minister, both of whom Hezbollah would surely have blocked were that group still powerful enough to do so.—
Andrew Exum,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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If he wasn't universally considered a star before fight night, Hughes surely is now.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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While Ben couldn't come to Chicago, Mrs. Johnson sure could.—
Kevin Fishbain,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Pro baseball scouts sure liked it, because some 40 of them showed up Saturday morning to watch Corona vs. Oaks Christian.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Keeping Baalke in place clearly has provided pause, at the very least, for candidates.—
Rob Maaddi,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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With $1,000 clearly in sight, Netflix could be headed for its first stock split in a decade.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2025
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What was the most challenging year? Logistically challenging would probably be the year that the fire marshal shut us down.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Read: The price of humiliating Nicolás Maduro Legal challenges are probably coming, because no precedent has established the legality of terminating a preceding administration’s TPS extension.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Maybe the Evil Empire really has relocated to the West Coast.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
29 Jan. 2025
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No one is really disputing it, but the market freak-out hinges on the truthfulness of a single and relatively unknown company.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Definitely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definitely. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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