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as in frankly
to tell the truth
forsooth, the rumor is true: this lovely lass and I are getting married!
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as in surely
without any question
you're getting married without a penny to your name—a pretty story forsooth!
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So to have a bright new voice whose platform is maintained with academic rigor, while challenging inflammatory and racist statements feels like a gift that X, frankly, doesn’t deserve.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025 -
The Russians have been treated very badly with respect to the war, and also, frankly, ‘Anora,’ right?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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Collins’s search for his wife will surely play a major role, but can that take the form of a mystery that’s slowly unraveled over the course of a season?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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If President Trump thought a Nobel Peace Prize was in his future for brokering peace terms, the White House clash last week surely ended that hope.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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The silky set-up was delivered by… honestly, who else would to be? Miami is suitably loaded with international stars eager to play alongside Messi.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Address their concerns openly and honestly, highlighting AI as a tool for empowerment, not replacement.—
Puneet Gaur,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Well, it certainly would not have been launched without YouTube.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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Bugatti’s legacy has certainly been etched in history—and now it’s been sketched on the livery of a pint-sized ode to one of the marque’s iconic cars.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2025
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Lots of times, old trees are actually small trees in very hard to get to places.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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This is emphatically not the question this case actually poses for a multitude of reasons.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Her Board of Governors Award from the ASC on February 22 sure had a valedictory feel to it.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2025
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And sure, some may call me dramatic and write this off as just a silly reality TV show about finding love sight unseen.—
Melanie Curry,
refinery29.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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If that's indeed the case, Mark and Gemma might be integral to the project as their connection seems to have been one of true love and the show has given us many hints that, despite Lumon's best efforts, love transcends severance.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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For example, when the sun burps out a cloud of plasma called a coronal mass ejection (CME), PUNCH can determine the CME's exact trajectory and velocity, following the CME all the way through the inner solar system and towards Earth (if it's indeed headed to us).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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What started with an iced beverage (sort of butterscotch, sort of shortbread, definitely non-alcoholic) with the Wizarding World’s opening in 2010, now comes in frozen, hot and non-dairy varieties, plus there’s butterbeer fudge, potted cream and ice cream for sale.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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Grant is definitely thrown, and Dina is scrambling to say her friends will more than make up for it.—
Ali Barthwell,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Forsooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forsooth. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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