as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?
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Commanders-Eagles score update: Zach Ertz keeps Washington alive The curtains are almost closed, but not entirely.
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
While volatility measures the frequency and magnitude of price changes, risk is an entirely different concept: the probability of a permanent loss of value or erosion of an asset’s purchasing power over time.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
What could have been an open corner three five seconds earlier turned into an entirely different challenge.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
The appeals court declined a separate request from several other defendants to dismiss the indictment entirely.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
While volatility measures the frequency and magnitude of price changes, risk is an entirely different concept: the probability of a permanent loss of value or erosion of an asset’s purchasing power over time.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
What could have been an open corner three five seconds earlier turned into an entirely different challenge.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
The appeals court declined a separate request from several other defendants to dismiss the indictment entirely.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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One factor to consider, however, which The Athletic’s projection can’t totally factor in yet, is whether the Chiefs would be resting their starters in Week 18.James Boyd, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Only about 20% of those people were incarcerated, and the majority had fully completed their sentences.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Because the tax credits are defined by law, Congress would have to act to fully remove them, and the auto industry is already lobbying to try to defend them.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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My only quibble: unlike Part 1, Part 2 actually deviates quite substantially from the source material, particularly with regard to the fates of Constance and Milady.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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While this one won't be quite as many expect, there is still a lot being added and changed in the next few days.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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If Fishman’s math holds up, ESPN could be looking at a 20% boost in overall revenue in just seven years’ time—a feat that likely would be wholly improbable if the sports unit were to maintain the status quo or promote the streaming tyro at the expense of the foundational TV network.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tokenized securities proponents envision capital efficiency gains across the financial sector for securities that exist in a wholly on chain digital format.Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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Red velvet is perfectly acceptable for Christmas, too.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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Verdugo would slot in perfectly for the Pirates in left field while pushing Bryan Reynolds to right field.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Indiana trailed Notre Dame by a score of 17-3 in an utterly dominant first half from the Fighting Irish.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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As of this writing, two months past Robert Caro’s 88th birthday, the fifth and concluding volume of this magisterial, utterly necessary biography is still unpublished.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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These elaborate gingerbread houses, many life-sized, are extraordinary creations, a true fusion of pastry, art, carpentry, and architecture, all under the supervision of the resident pastry chef.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Prior to the case confirmed in the Louisiana patient, cases had been mild and patients had all recovered after receiving antiviral medication, according to the CDC and state health officials.Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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But they were thoroughly dominated Sunday afternoon.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Notice that all these recipes—the Veronese, the Venetian, the Mantuan, and so forth—are thoroughly grounded in the what and the where.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Entirely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entirely. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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