as in immediately
without delay
you need to have this fixed right away
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Recent Examples of right away
There’s a sense right away in this series that Garfield, a happily married congressman with a generous homestead in rural Ohio, would have been happy to be forgotten.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Teams traded possessions deep into attacking territory right away, though Newburyport seemed to do more with its chances in the first quarter.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
The catch is, the capital that goes into these funds often has to be spent right away, and that may be creating distortions in the markets.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
And then we were hooked up back to back [on set] right away.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
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Adverb
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The system is preloaded with a large VLA model trained specifically for the platform, enabling it to perform a broad range of autonomous manipulation tasks immediately after power-on.—
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If the client hadn’t had her mesh removed, she’d be immediately transferred to Surgical Assistance.—
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When my mother was reunited with Aggie, my sister (a millennial, of course) filmed it and promptly posted the short clip to TikTok.—
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Holevich adds that cleaning these surfaces promptly will help prevent long-term staining and lingering odors.—
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And with temperatures steadily dropping, now is the perfect time to invest in a new pair of winter boots.—
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So now, the ramshackle Coinjock School sits in the restaurant’s backyard and his plan for restoration keeps getting more ambitious with each passing year.—
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
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Hopper saw a 40% increase in air travelers, adding its Disruption Assistance feature – which allows users to instantly rebook if their flight is delayed or canceled, or get a refund – overnight following the DOT’s announcement.—
Adverb
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Anyone with information in the case is asked to call the CMPD Homicide Unit at 704-432-8477 (TIPS) and speak directly to a detective.—
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The committee spent $40,000 for tickets, meals, lodging and transportation for a three-day stay in Las Vegas during the event, according to campaign finance records, paying Super Bowl beer sponsor Anheuser-Busch directly.—
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Plus, with both petite and short inseam options, they are designed to fit right off the rack with no tailoring required.—
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Several falls are accessible right off the highway, including Gooseberry Falls (Mile Marker 39), Cross River Falls (MM 79), Temperance River Falls (MM 80), and Grand Portage Falls (MM 150).—
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Outfit 5 This is the outfit that can do it all—take you straight to the office, out to a classy meal, or right onto a connecting flight.—
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Don’t want tender young shoots popping out when another polar vortex is right around the corner.—
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Corn Has Never Been Cozier At first glance, the candle looks like a can straight off the shelf, complete with the label from Trader Joe’s classic Whole Kernel Corn, a longtime store favorite since 1992.—
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This faux Dunhill Fir is designed to look and feel like a tree plucked straight off the lot, without the single-season lifespan or mess of shedding needles.—
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“Right away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right%20away. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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