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Recent Examples of vulgarly
The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgarly
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According to a New Mexico warrant obtained and reviewed by EW, Busfield has been accused by a pair of twin actors of inappropriately touching them while on the set of the Fox crime drama The Cleaning Lady.—
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Whatever the truth of that claim, the phrase is inappropriately taken from a poem that is about a horror that cannot be compared to taxation.—
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member was the first Faithful to be banished on the new season of the award-winning Peacock reality series after being incorrectly pegged as a Traitor.—
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Well, even though air-drying clothes on a drying rack has many benefits (especially for the planet), experts agree that line-drying incorrectly can start a big mold problem within and behind your walls.—
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Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.—
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This picture book is immersive, evoking the itch of a sweater or the satisfying softness of a banana (as opposed to other intolerably crunchy snacks).—
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The Balaclava Nothing beats a balaclava on those unbearably cold days.—
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Why make flights unbearably chilly, then?—
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The data center industry does not have a terribly good answer for this, except that their 83° sun-synchronous orbit is much less crowded than equatorial ones, meaning a lower risk of collisions.—
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Polls, however, suggest the bill is not terribly popular with voters, which has left Republicans saying the White House must do a better job of selling it.—
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The Penguins were horribly cavalier with the puck most of the game, and especially in the first period.—
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But an information-technology contract gone horribly awry on her watch resulted in late bills last year that required school districts throughout the county to borrow and pay substantial interest just to make payroll and cover basic expenses.—
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Robby—The Pitt executive producer, writer, director, and star Noah Wyle’s instantly iconic attending physician—is leading his final shift before a three-month leave that sounds like an awfully good idea following his meltdown last season.—
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However, officials went to the scorer’s table to review the play, which was awfully close.—
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“Vulgarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgarly. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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