fiercely

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Recent Examples of fiercely Kaspar was among the small group of top researchers working to find treatments for SMA, competing fiercely for recognition and funds. Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025 In a subsequent libel lawsuit against the Times, Baldoni claimed Lively and Reynolds pressured the agency to give him the boot, which WME has fiercely denied. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025 But really, Hood, a fiercely independent woman, followed a school all her own. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025 Known for being fiercely territorial and aggressive, hippos are among the most dangerous animals on Earth. Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fiercely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiercely
Adverb
  • Amazon Prime Video has become extremely aggressive in its bid to vacuum up TV ad dollars, and has done the same.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The implications of the order are extremely promising but also create some new vulnerabilities.
    James Broughel, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Next month, the Academy will dutifully hand out Oscars to an array of very deserving, very human winners.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • But to have some other physics end up looking so similar would require a very specific and improbable set of circumstances.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Shout out once again to Indianapolis’ incredibly walkable downtown.
    Jason Kirk, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The actress worked with celebrity stylist Molly Dickson, who, much like Sydney Sweeney herself, is incredibly hard-working and therefore, always booked.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Many of these names will not be terribly familiar to MLP fans, or even some die-hard pro pickleball fans.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Our Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, has said that none of these jobs eliminated at FAA were terribly critical to safety.
    Victoria Chamberlin, Vox, 27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 due to the highly effective vaccination program, according to the CDC.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Original examples of the variant are extremely rare and highly collectible, but that’s where Mythron Cars offers a solution.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • In some locales like Bali, the trendy cafes and other businesses popular among foreigners are too expensive for locals who earn a daily minimum wage of about $10.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • From the looks of their business book, there is still too much non-serious investing, lots of buying of any kind of any crypto and all sorts of options.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Adverb
  • Now in his second year at Tech, McCasland is the hire that Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt desperately needed for a program in search of stability.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The break was desperately needed — physically and mentally — as the Sharks have won just five of 27 games since trading goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 9.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiercely. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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