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Recent Examples of professedly
That explains the ludicrous decision this month of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in TikTok Inc. v. Garland to uphold Congress’ ban on TikTok, a social media platform, professedly to protect us from Chinese conquest or control.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
How much of this was planned is unclear, but a subsequent scene in which Fielder calls the parents of the child actors to inform them of his new, fatherly involvement is another object lesson in the way that power can seep into even the most professedly intimate of nooks.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry.
—Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged.
—David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Applebaum writes, professedly, about the ideological currents of elite discourse, not the economic anxiety of lower-middle-class Americans, Brits, or Poles.
—Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
The world-famous aviator, through the America First Committee, professedly opposed U.S. involvement as a fool’s errand that would foster dictatorship at home.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
How much of this was planned is unclear, but a subsequent scene in which Fielder calls the parents of the child actors to inform them of his new, fatherly involvement is another object lesson in the way that power can seep into even the most professedly intimate of nooks.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 Feb. 2022
In any prior year, that number would be noteworthy for the professedly liberal yet overwhelmingly white industry.
—Lee Seymour, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Early modern Europe had the daily pageant of court society, with its graceful, witty, professedly nonchalant aristocrats who had every muscle under tight control and every piece of clothing precisely arranged.
—David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
Applebaum writes, professedly, about the ideological currents of elite discourse, not the economic anxiety of lower-middle-class Americans, Brits, or Poles.
—Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professedly
Adverb
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Tonight, the gravity of the occasion—perhaps the biggest reunion in our lifetime—makes the atmosphere combustible.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
5 July 2025
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Referee Anthony Taylor, perhaps shocked by the severity of the injury, didn’t opt to review the incident and instead sent both teams to the dressing room.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
Adverb
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Another possible factor was a series of hurricanes that hit Cuba (its only wintering area) in the 1930s, possibly killing a significant portion of the entire population.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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And one that won’t release air could send you zooming to the surface and possibly to the hospital to be treated for decompression sickness.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
5 July 2025
Adverb
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Your fashion sense has probably changed since then.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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Every mistake is probably magnified with a ball — and guys on base — getting barreled somewhere.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
Adverb
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Democrats could conceivably undo the Medicaid cuts using the same kind of party-line spending package that enacted them.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
10 July 2025
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And those questions conceivably will never be answered.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
Adverb
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Melissa Smith, a family member, told the station Darcy likely went out too far on his surfboard and could not get back to shore.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The ship, flagged out of Liberia but owned by a Greek firm, likely had been targeted like the Magic Seas over its firm doing business with Israel.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
Adverb
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Big, small, unusual, maybe even silly or counter-intuitive things together.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
5 July 2025
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Our children are all going to live on the same planet, and maybe Elon [Musk]’s will live on Mars.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
5 July 2025
Adverb
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Alba has reportedly been on a few dates since announcing her split from Warren in February, insiders told People.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
15 July 2025
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That’s what needs to happen to football, and there’s no better time than now considering collegiate NIL contracts are steadily soaring (SEC starters reportedly earn at least $800,000 based on agent sources).—
Omar Kelly
July 14,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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