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as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
our team wasn't merely bad—we were monstrously inept
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as in highly
to a large extent or degree
a monstrously expensive movie that nearly bankrupted the studio
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Authenticity remains critical, as many consumers are quick to detect overly promotional content.—
Denis Sinelnikov, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Some blame the problem on an overly aggressive Donald Trump, bent on expanding executive power beyond constitutional limits.—
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Early research tried to pin the deaths on an unlikely culprit: the highly toxic cycad plant and its seeds, which locals ground into flour to make tortillas.—
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Each new Indigenous resident-physician comes from communities that are highly underrepresented in medicine and experience disproportionate health disparities.—
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In the first episode, Lochlan watches Saxon undress and stares a little too long at him naked.—
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Before his death a few years ago, McKay unearthed lots of other important connections, too, many involving groups.—
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Virtually every car purchase is done through a negotiation between car dealer and buyer, which are greatly influenced by the availability of the car that the buyer wants to buy.—
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That by itself is going to greatly advance the study of artificial neurology.—
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For my money, those are the two best teams in the Eastern Conference, and the challenge for the Penguins in those two buildings will be utterly immense.—
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There’s a scene near the limp climax of Barry Levinson’s utterly somnambulant The Alto Knights in which Vito Genovese (De Niro) argues violently with his meathead driver and muscle Vincent Gigante (Cosmo Jarvis) about whether or not Palmyra, NY is the birthplace of Mormonism.—
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And Laurie pretty much tells her all of that, much to Kate’s horror.—
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In some scenes of the film, the relationship remains much closer as in Myanmar, where loggers use elephants to move giant trees felled for timber.—
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“Monstrously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monstrously. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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