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Recent Examples of faithfully
Rose Bryne’s younger brother George carrying the train of her dress faithfully all the way down the carpet.
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Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
Ask simply to live more faithfully in the here and now.
—Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Now, a team of researchers in China has crossed this barrier by producing a miniature womb on a chip that faithfully recreates how human embryos attach to and burrow into the uterine lining.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
But the secret traitor leaves us all faithfully stabbing in the dark, trying to Sherlock their secret identity, figure out their moves without their confessional tapes.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
With Riordan penning scripts and serving as a producer, this show faithfully revives fan-favorite elements while embracing the youthful spirit of its main characters.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
Indian investment behavior, Rustomjee argues, is a living refutation of the efficient market hypothesis, or the idea that stock prices faithfully reflect all available information about the underlying asset.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Those divisions no longer hold, but some items are considered more difficult to render faithfully than others.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The family dog, Baja, lingered faithfully at her side, rewarded with chicken from Jimenez’s plate.
—Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithfully
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This was because revenues rose by $141 billion while outlays were $31 billion higher, precisely the same amount as the increase in interest payments.—
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That is precisely what this pilot is doing.—
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The Vikings cruised to a quick score to open the game, but the Commanders responded with a drive that started out respectably.—
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Gonzalez fouled Brunson once but otherwise held up respectably against the Knicks star in his maiden shift.—
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With the pick, everyone but Thicke now has a correct guess to their name — Jeong correctly guessed David Ortiz was Googly Eyes in the premiere, McCarthy-Wahlberg nabbed the Croissants, and Ora called out her longtime pal, Haddish.—
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According to some care labels, specific wool coats can be washed at home if done correctly with a gentle wool wash or detergent, low water temperatures, and gentle agitation.—
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If toxic productivity goals try to incite guilt, banish them — ideally with a nice nap.—
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Go as low as your mobility allows, ideally until your thighs are roughly parallel to the ground or slightly below.—
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Williams made an appropriately horny joke during an interview with Gayle King, while Storrie's interactions with The Bear star Ayo Edebiri made the rounds online.—
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But at what cost if talent and assets are not managed appropriately?—
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Connecticut residents are rightly frustrated with their electric bills.—
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Chief digital officers are rightly wary of allowing opaque AI agents to roam free on this trove of data.—
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Payamps only made two appearances in Atlanta this season after being claimed off waivers and performed decently, allowing one run in 2 2/3 innings pitched.—
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Long has another double-digit tackling game and the Rams defense plays decently in the first half, but the ineptitude of the CSU offense remains an Achilles’ heel.—
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The show is fittingly given a live theater setting, with the characters working in a Depression-era movie house.—
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The graterhead itself was made fittingly as a revenge play against the Packers.—
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“Faithfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faithfully. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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