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[doo-lee, dyoo-] / ˈdu li, ˈdyu- /


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Salah, meanwhile, looked on a personal mission to return the title to Anfield, which he duly did, scoring 34 goals in 50 starts in all competitions.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Nanning duly reports to the local doctor’s office, where he is granted a small bottle of the “medicine.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Contrary to the crusty, chaotic libertinism of their shows, the band is disarmingly sweet and funny in person despite being duly crude.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Strikingly, Jackson suggested that legislative history may often shed better light on the original meaning of a statute than does its duly enacted text.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

They duly ate, but ignored him; drank and were either rude to his face or talked to one another about him, loudly and offensively, as though he had not been there.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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