as in hard
with great effort or determination
intently studied his notes just before the exam
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Recent Examples of intently
With Keith and Camilla listening intently, the pre-inquest hearing was told by Detective Superintendent Colin Chandler that their son’s death remained the subject of an ongoing police investigation.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
Giles slowed the boat, and Rappold searched the water intently.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Protestors are listening intently in between cheers.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 12 Dec. 2025
Allen sits in a director's chair peering intently at Epstein who appears to be looking at a video monitor.
—James Hill, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
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Stevens said the loss of Lea’e’s father hit the team hard.—
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Worse, the tariff burden is a regressive tax that falls hardest on lower-income households and small businesses with less bargaining power.—
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This selective approach came after years of working intensively to support her two sons as a single mother.—
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So important are Rubicon units that the Ukrainian security services are now intensively searching out their forward bases.—
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The Gulf States in particular are lobbying intensely for the United States to forego any future military action against the Islamic regime, a diplomat with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Washington Examiner.—
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The latest iteration has now brought the record back to the Bells in what has been an intensely competitive race.—
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Detectives are working diligently to solve this case.—
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With its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2060, China is working diligently to move away from fossil fuels toward non-carbon-emitting energy sources.—
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Fundholz was speaking more firmly and resolutely than before.—
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Their three arcs form a sweeping epic of sapphic immortality — resolutely old-fashioned in detail but thrillingly contemporary in the telling.—
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Since its debut, the initiative has been quietly but determinedly building physical bases in Lagos and Kenya, creating tangible spaces where female artists, producers, and engineers can access resources that Tems herself had to fight to find.—
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For long-haul trips, consider the Southern Hemisphere for a jolt of vitamin D in a rugged, determinedly uncommercial spot, or take a dip in a memorable, albeit temporary, Japanese onsen.—
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This article is being continuously updated.—
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Baguskas and her colleagues will deploy covariance towers — metallic structures that continuously measure carbon and water concentrations in the air — and use the data to compare fog events in different places at the same time.—
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There was something deeply moving about watching Cassils use the force of their own body and their intense mental focus to doggedly spell out one letter at a time, one word at a time, minute by minute, hour after hour.—
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Parents and alumni of Jesuit High School in Carmichael are doggedly fighting back against the Catholic all-boys school’s recent decision to begin accepting girls in 2027.—
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“Intently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intently. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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