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Adverb
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Any chic Parisian would style it nonchalantly with jeans—but for a more red carpet-ready touch, Lively paired her knit with a saucy leather skirt and knee boots.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025 -
Playing backyard basketball with Nikola Jokic, Murray had just nonchalantly flipped a pass behind his back to the reigning MVP center, whose floater gave the Nuggets a late 112-108 lead.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
11 Apr. 2025
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But when a threat appears from which Murderbot has to save his idiot clients, the danger feels real, and the action is staged well, in a way that’s both exciting and also lightly comedic, since Murderbot is a nearly obsolete model that’s often overmatched by its robot or alien opponents.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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One customer might use it lightly and pay $500 this month.—
Alvaro Morales,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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With so much noise in our day-to-day lives, even the most important messages can be easily missed, misinterpreted or forgotten.—
Richard Huffman,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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He and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler are easily the betting favorites, but how does the rest of the field stack up against them?—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Stoically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoically. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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