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as in completely
to a full extent or degree
we are in fact utterly out of ideas
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as in highly
to a large extent or degree
was utterly overwhelmed by the demands on her time
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Recent Examples of utterly
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Robert Caro’s 88th birthday, the fifth and concluding volume of this magisterial, utterly necessary biography is still unpublished.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
There is a power dynamic in the boss-employee context that Lizzo utterly fails to appreciate.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
Prior to this past summer, its host was an utterly anonymous Gen Z woman named Haliey Welch, a factory worker from Belfast, Tennessee.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The Republicans insinuated that EcoHealth played a role in inventing the COVID virus, which is utterly preposterous.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
There is a power dynamic in the boss-employee context that Lizzo utterly fails to appreciate.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
Prior to this past summer, its host was an utterly anonymous Gen Z woman named Haliey Welch, a factory worker from Belfast, Tennessee.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The Republicans insinuated that EcoHealth played a role in inventing the COVID virus, which is utterly preposterous.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The burden of health-care expenses may rank highly on the cost-cutting agenda.Michael Khouw, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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As employers relax their requirements for workers with four-year degrees and opt for highly skilled candidates instead, one key factor has been strongly instrumental to the success of this strategic move: online courses and professional certificates.Rachel Wells, Forbes, 23 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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The vestibular movements were what was greatly affected.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Everyone who had the good fortune to know Lee Edwards will long remember and greatly miss the conservative movement’s memory bank.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 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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Zambra’s new mixed-genre collection, Childish Literature, rendered into English by his longtime translator, Megan McDowell, is quite different.Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 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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But economists have warned that more direct fiscal stimulus aimed at shoring up domestic consumption is needed to restore full health in China’s economy, which has struggled to fully recover since the Covid-19 pandemic.Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sadly, Amazon canceled the series after one season, much to the dismay of fans, including George R.R. Martin.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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With roads expected to have much more traffic than usual, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has shut down all nonemergency road work starting at 6 a.m. on Christmas Eve until 6 a.m. the day after Christmas, according to DOT spokesperson Josh Morgan.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 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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Soon after the shooting occurred, some X users, including prominent anti-trans accounts, began circulating wholly unsubstantiated claims that Rupnow was trans.Abby Monteil, Them, 17 Dec. 2024
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Combining his own sensibilities with those of Góngora, the result falls perfectly somewhere in the middle.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 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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“Utterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utterly. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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