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the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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One of the defendants texted another co-conspirator that Billups should purposely lose a hand to avoid cheating suspicions.
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Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Modern classics, such as the mahogany runabouts from builders like Grand Craft and Hacker, are purposely designed to look like boats from the 1930s.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
Prouse's priority was to avoid any child feeling labeled or purposely assigned to a table that wasn't as academically strong.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Taken together, Showing Up and Night Moves thematically foreshadow Reichardt’s critique of James in The Mastermind by purposely pushing real-world problems to the margins.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Modern classics, such as the mahogany runabouts from builders like Grand Craft and Hacker, are purposely designed to look like boats from the 1930s.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
Prouse's priority was to avoid any child feeling labeled or purposely assigned to a table that wasn't as academically strong.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Taken together, Showing Up and Night Moves thematically foreshadow Reichardt’s critique of James in The Mastermind by purposely pushing real-world problems to the margins.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for purposely
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposely. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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purposely
adverb
pur·pose·ly
ˈpər-pəs-lē 
: with a clear or known purpose
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