earnest
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It wasn’t until much later that she came back to the subject, privately and in earnest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
As beach season begins in earnest, so should beach-reading season be given its due.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
However, it was also the year Nadal's injury struggle began in earnest.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
As the convention began in earnest on Friday, the issue of how to dress seemed no more resolved than substantive questions of policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Part of the great transformation that we know as the Scientific Revolution, a transformation which began in earnest the year after Montaigne retired to his library, consisted in improving our senses.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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