as in certainly
without any question
your grandmother clearly needs to get her finances organized before she gets into further trouble
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Recent Examples of clearly
Kelly, clearly, will keep standing up to these feckless attempts at coercion.
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau, who held the job since 2020, and are clearly still learning what Brown wants on offense.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
This has been clearly linked to outbreaks in nursing homes and hospitals.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
Trump knows that well and clearly relishes the inauthentic.
—James Warren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearly
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Jessie Buckley is almost certainly going to win an Oscar come March.—
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Skinny Pedro must certainly have fallen victim to some kind of sorcery.—
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Tankaneo Double-Breasted Cropped Trench My number-one petite fashion hack is to buy cropped styles that’ll be full-length on my shorter frame, and this trench definitely delivers.—
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That's definitely a skeleton crew, as the current nominal crew size for the ISS is seven.—
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But Arca always told me to trust him, and surely enough, the song was a hit.—
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In what is surely the most pawsome news of the day, this means there's an entirely new, adorable, and totally adoptable lineup of furry players to root for.—
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Pretty sure there never was any proof of reimbursement.—
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Marissa, who doesn't want to live happily ever after with a kidnapper, liar, and murderer, sure does.—
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The prioritization for that new safety should probably be in coverage skills, because Moehrig and Ransom are known more for their run-stopping and tackling prowesses.—
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Some of these trends have come back around for today’s teens, while others, like Blockbuster, are probably going to remain trapped in the past for good.—
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So there's really no choice but for the four major conference commissioners to compile a set of rules and guidelines that make at least a marginal bit of sense.—
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So getting through that year was really difficult.—
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“Clearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clearly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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