distinctly
Example Sentences
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The High Desert Art Fair offers a distinctly different art fair experience a month after the flurry of Los Angeles fairs in February.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
It took exactly one game of March Madness for the world’s most powerful AI models to understand the distinctly human feeling of watching their brackets go bust.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Traders started the new week with markets yet again enveloped in a distinctly risk-off mood.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
Her co-star Ayoade Bamgboye says making sketches feel distinctly British has been her "North Star from the very beginning" - and it feels like "there's always someone to catch you" on the team.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Or maybe they’d been scared away by the food—herring in rancid oil, stale black bread, and some kind of butter that looked distinctly mossy.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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