1
as in emphatic
marked by or uttered with forcefulness
vehement complaints about the restaurant's poor service
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2
as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
despite the vehement opposition of the club's treasurer, the motion was passed
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as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a vehement defender of the rights of minorities
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Recent Examples of vehement
And numerous women who spoke at Friday’s meeting expressed vehement opposition to the group’s decision.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
But, man, oh man, few could have anticipated how vehement the ex-Fox News correspondent is that Trump should get nowhere near the Oval Office ever again.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
But Spoelstra, as is his wont, was vehement in signaling, striding almost to the free-throw lane.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
But, man, oh man, few could have anticipated how vehement the ex-Fox News correspondent is that Trump should get nowhere near the Oval Office ever again.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
But Spoelstra, as is his wont, was vehement in signaling, striding almost to the free-throw lane.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehement
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On Friday, Paschal continued its success with an emphatic 42-21 victory over O.D. Wyatt at Wyatt High School.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2025
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Her cues as a leader were not nearly as confident — the arms a little too vague, the nods too emphatic.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The single performs even better on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, which is compiled in the same way as the Rock Digital Song Sales list, only the focus is exclusively on the more intense, harder style of the genre.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs tallied another three points from Butker as both defenses were noticeably intense and solid as the first quarter ended 6-3 Kansas City.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Start taking a closer look at sports that might be considered new but have passionate competitors and advocates.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Leave it to my grandfather—and Southern Living editors—to have passionate opinions about this classic sweet.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Our commitment includes the vigorous pursuit of both the North Korean actors and those providing them with material support.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The hammam routine involves mixed use of the herbal steam room, dry heat sauna, stimulating Swiss shower, cool mist room, aqua massage vitality pool, and a warm marble belly stone; not to mention a vigorous body scrub followed by a purifying cleanse and 60- or 90-minute massage.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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In 2002, the Israeli military occupied the camp after 10 days of intensive fighting, according to the UN, during which time more than 400 houses were destroyed and over a quarter of the camp’s population was displaced.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The initial iteration of the program, launched with partners Nike and Right to Dream, gave six Ghanaian women the chance to participate in a three-month intensive coaches training experience.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The academy has many fervent supporters but also critics.—
Jan Hoffman,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Gibson, Stallone, and Voight have all been fervent Trump supporters.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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With how aggressive Commanders head coach Dan Quinn has been on fourth down, Fangio has to treat third down like second down.—
Ted Nguyen,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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So far, investors have been relieved President Donald Trump has backed away from aggressive, across-the-board tariffs during his first days in office.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Rubio was a fierce Trump critic during the contest for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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Just one decade later, he's become one of Meta's fiercest competitors BYMarco Quiroz-Gutierrez January 15, 2025 7 hours ago Personal Finance A woman purchased a vacant Hawaiian lot for about $22,000.—
Chloe Berger,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Vehement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehement. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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