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Recent Examples of professedly
That explains the ludicrous decision this month of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in TikTok Inc. v. Garland to uphold Congress’ ban on TikTok, a social media platform, professedly to protect us from Chinese conquest or control.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
How much of this was planned is unclear, but a subsequent scene in which Fielder calls the parents of the child actors to inform them of his new, fatherly involvement is another object lesson in the way that power can seep into even the most professedly intimate of nooks.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry.
—Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged.
—David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Applebaum writes, professedly, about the ideological currents of elite discourse, not the economic anxiety of lower-middle-class Americans, Brits, or Poles.
—Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
How much of this was planned is unclear, but a subsequent scene in which Fielder calls the parents of the child actors to inform them of his new, fatherly involvement is another object lesson in the way that power can seep into even the most professedly intimate of nooks.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry.
—Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged.
—David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Applebaum writes, professedly, about the ideological currents of elite discourse, not the economic anxiety of lower-middle-class Americans, Brits, or Poles.
—Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professedly
Adverb
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The neck’s jagged base suggests that the head was torn from a larger, perhaps full-length figure, but the sculpture reveals almost no other significant damage.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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That number factors in about $20M from China — but that market is perhaps more than ever the swing, and not because of the general softening towards studio fare in the past several years.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Smith said the company might more likely attempt a small-scale test of its technology, possibly in limited areas of Austin in good weather, or with humans able to intervene by remote control to prevent crashes.—
Chris Kirkham and Abhirup Roy,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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At some point during the night, the vehicle stopped running, possibly due to a mechanical failure or after running out of gas, and the mother had called a friend for help, according to Bettison.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The origin story of Ramona at Midlife probably dates back to our summer pilgrimages to Detroit.—
SPIN Contributor,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The recent fires in Southern California probably have also damped the mood in Hollywood, which was already dour because of an ongoing financial retrenchment.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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And even Floria’s strenuous relationship with her children is barely an afterthought, with one scene that could conceivably serve as a pressure point offering little more than half-baked exposition.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Their bullpen could conceivably navigate the entire season with the pitchers currently in the organization.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Rodgers, 28, remains a free agent and though Spotrac projects his market worth at $56.4 million over four years, given that he was cut by the Rockies in November and has failed to catch on with any other team, he could likely be acquired for significantly less.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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And American retailers and manufacturers likely would absorb at least some of the duties instead of passing them along to consumers through higher prices, economists said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Many, many more women have to be green-lit [with these types of projects], and maybe then, there will be a societal change in how this is viewed.—
Cindy Gallop,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2025
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If the stock market isn’t worried, maybe the Trump tariff agenda isn’t actually the disaster economists predicted.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The rapid response team was told that at least half of the agents present reportedly covered their faces during the raid, Sharma-Crawford said.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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Celebs like Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston have reportedly gotten the viral salmon sperm facial, while K-beauty brands are cranking out salmon sperm formulas that have TikTokers buzzing.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Professedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professedly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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