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Recent Examples of carefully
Flip patties and cook 1 minute; carefully place 2 tablespoons of the cheese on each patty, cover with a transparent lid and cook until cheese is melted and patties are cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes more.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Crews are carefully scouring the landscape for any spot fires from that may occur.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The team had to approach the scary scenes involving kids carefully, and plan around some time restrictions for shooting with minors.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
So, be sure to scroll slowly and carefully!
—Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The logistics were daunting, but carefully calibrated— Angel explained that even wording introductions to attendees at the reception desk were discussed, to make clear that the cookout was centered on trans femmes and donations were encouraged.
—Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
And within the country, there are also those considering carefully where China’s military ambitions will lead.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Bird feeders carefully positioned from your largest trees’ branches can give color and motion to the winter landscape.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Hayes isn’t the only one who has made it, yet still treads carefully with their money.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Crews are carefully scouring the landscape for any spot fires from that may occur.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The team had to approach the scary scenes involving kids carefully, and plan around some time restrictions for shooting with minors.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
So, be sure to scroll slowly and carefully!
—Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The logistics were daunting, but carefully calibrated— Angel explained that even wording introductions to attendees at the reception desk were discussed, to make clear that the cookout was centered on trans femmes and donations were encouraged.
—Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
And within the country, there are also those considering carefully where China’s military ambitions will lead.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Bird feeders carefully positioned from your largest trees’ branches can give color and motion to the winter landscape.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Hayes isn’t the only one who has made it, yet still treads carefully with their money.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carefully
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That first session, Jacintha held Lucy’s hand, cautiously optimistic.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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DeCurtis, though, remains cautiously optimistic for the instrument’s future.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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People can deliberately cultivate more conscientiousness, boost their sociability or soften their neurotic edges.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Every cut of beef is meticulously aged on the bone for 25 days, seafood is sourced from local Ayrshire waters, and vegetables are grown just miles away at Dowhill Farm.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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His face is so meticulously chiseled.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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But even if the plant slowly returns to life, the sense of betrayal in South Korea – and a new wariness among companies there to invest in the US – may linger far longer.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The sculptural blazer No longer do blazers have to mean strictly simple jackets.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the original Swyft, the Apple II SwyftCard does not use the bitmap display and appears strictly in 80-column non-proportional text.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Carefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carefully. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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