instinctively

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Adverb
  • Republican attorneys general in Kansas and Missouri, who led the legal challenges against SAVE, argued that President Joe Biden was essentially trying to find a roundabout way to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court blocked its sweeping debt cancellation plan in June 2023.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
  • One in three sellers in the U.S. has slashed the asking price for their home as the U.S. housing market is essentially stalling this month, according to Mike Simonsen, founder and president of real estate analytics firm Altos.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Weight-Loss Drug Study Offers Limited Evidence Although the weight-loss drug study involves a very large number of participants, its design means its evidence is fundamentally limited.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • There’s something fundamentally paleo about Basso, from his out-of-another-era firm handshake to his not carrying a cellphone.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Although our grandmothers kept it on the countertop, experts today recommend storing it in the refrigerator up to three months or freezing it for basically forever.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Start Here By Malia Griggs By the way, his entire Instagram feed is basically one big tribute to Collins, with countless portraits of the actor and snapshots of their memories.
    Glamour, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2025
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