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Recent Examples of stridently
And Bina remains as stridently anti-Joanne as ever, banning her from the Roklovs’ weekly Shabbat dinner and blaming her when Noah is passed over for the promotion.
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Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
There are plenty of skeptics countering the AI hype machine, though few professional market analysts have done so as stridently as Julien Garran, a researcher and partner at the UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Local stations in the United States used to be divided between scores of independents or small groups, but after decades of the same kind of consolidation that has swallowed up the rest of the media business, companies like Nexstar and the more stridently conservative Sinclair are the top dogs.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Kennedy’s contentious exchanges fit a familiar pattern, with the longtime vaccine skeptic stridently denying statements made in the past when pressed by lawmakers.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Nipping at his heels is the stridently anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany, which has seen considerable gains in recent years in state elections and opinion polls.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Anna’s getting married to fancy restaurant chef Eric (Manny Jacinto), a London expat with a stridently posh daughter Lily (Sophia Hammons), who happens to be the daily nemesis of surfer-girl Harper.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
There are plenty of skeptics countering the AI hype machine, though few professional market analysts have done so as stridently as Julien Garran, a researcher and partner at the UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Local stations in the United States used to be divided between scores of independents or small groups, but after decades of the same kind of consolidation that has swallowed up the rest of the media business, companies like Nexstar and the more stridently conservative Sinclair are the top dogs.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Kennedy’s contentious exchanges fit a familiar pattern, with the longtime vaccine skeptic stridently denying statements made in the past when pressed by lawmakers.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Nipping at his heels is the stridently anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany, which has seen considerable gains in recent years in state elections and opinion polls.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Anna’s getting married to fancy restaurant chef Eric (Manny Jacinto), a London expat with a stridently posh daughter Lily (Sophia Hammons), who happens to be the daily nemesis of surfer-girl Harper.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
Adverb
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Dani has fallen asleep, though only after complaining vociferously about the light.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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India has never confirmed the number and had initially vociferously denied any of its jets were downed.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The right side is nearly always wrong and blatantly lying, while the left side supposedly stumbles into falsehood every once in a while.—
Tim Graham,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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When asked about what made that particular play so effective, Kerr almost laughed, the answer blatantly obvious.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Anne, too, is quite busy having her baby, noisily.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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But what happens when everyone who can noisily quit already has?—
Keren Landman,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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When Springer got hurt, there was some cheering heard by the Dodger fans in the crowd, who booed him loudly at the start of every at-bat.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Another clip showed two other women yelling loudly behind the two teens, seemingly cheering for the game on the court.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Shot in Montreal by David Picard, directed by Stefanie Soho, and styled by longtime Aldo collaborator Cary Tauben, the campaign includes moments like a woman walking onto a karaoke stage for a solo number and a young man at first reserved and then boisterously attempting to play the tuba.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
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Harris resoundingly rejected this argument.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Those fortunes were made and squandered rapidly—Iran went from bereft during the Iran-Iraq War, to unbeatable two decades later, to resoundingly beaten a little less than two decades after that.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But while everybody wanted a piece of Netflix's electric romantic comedy starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell when its first season debuted to acclaim in 2024, Season 2 falls distinctly short.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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But these events served distinctly geopolitical aims.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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One play after a Jalen Hurts fumble — and only three plays into the second half — the Philadelphia Eagles were trailing the Los Angeles Rams 26-7 in their NFC championship game rematch, with an offensive effort that was lustily booed by the home crowd.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Stridently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridently. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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