as in vigorously
in a vigorous and forceful manner
in the past, the senator has always strongly opposed any suggested increase in taxes
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Although not as right-leaning as other Deep South states, South Carolina maintains a conservative voting pattern and is considered a strongly red state at both the federal and state levels.
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The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Yes, but: Border encounters have dropped to their lowest point in four years, and, Pritzker notes, Harris strongly supports the bipartisan plan to boost border security that Trump helped kill.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Anderson strongly believes the 2020 election was stolen, despite nearly all of the election fraud cases brought by Trump's legal team in 2020 failing.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
The order does not require mask-wearing for anyone beyond staff but strongly recommends it for anyone in a health care setting.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Beijing has vigorously denied those claims, which came to light with the 2015 publication by German magazine Der Spiegel of documents purportedly from US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Shake vigorously about 25 times, then strain into a chilled martini glass.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The daring — or fiercely independent — will find rental cars available through international and local companies at the airport and in some of the island's larger cities and towns.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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The film follows Kat Stratford, a fiercely independent and sharp-tongued teenager played by Julia Stiles who has no interest in dating.Jane LaCroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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This idyllic, simple scene is quintessential to the core story Malcom is framing which is for Black folks to be powerfully rooted and grounded in family despite turmoil and trouble.Malik William, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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This focus enabled Jeff Bezos to build an efficient logistics and delivery system before expanding. Building A Stronger Brand Identity Concentration benefits operations and can powerfully impact brand identity.Mark Kane, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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While full repeal of the act may be unlikely, an administration hostile to clean energy could divert its unspent funds to other purposes, slow the pace of grants or loans by slow-walking project approvals, or find other ways to make the tax incentives harder to get.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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And every big tax break makes other tax breaks harder.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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To prevent this, thoroughly clean and dry your cast-iron pans before use. Cracking: Dropping or placing a heavy cast-iron pan down too forcefully on your surface can crack the glass.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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No sooner has Tomáš begun working at the radio station than Weiner and his team begin to more forcefully push back against the news coming out of the Soviet Union and the Czechoslovakian government itself.Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Strongly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongly. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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