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dutifully

[doo-tuh-flee, dyoo-] / ˈdu tə fli, ˈdju- /




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Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, and Mako and Billy Vunipola dutifully served out a single-season spell in the second tier.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

In the two weeks since the summit, news outlets have been dutifully publishing articles that draw on facts and medical expertise, explaining that Kennedy is wrong to compare people who use SSRIs to heroin addicts.

From Salon May 18, 2026

Thousands of dutifully bundled Dodgers supporters chanted and cheered as their boys in blue notched their 15th victory in 19 games, maintaining momentum in the first game of a 13-consecutive-game stretch.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

For many years after his son Frances’s death, Franklin dutifully recorded statistics on outbreaks throughout the colonies to demonstrate that smallpox acquired by inoculation was safer than that received in the “natural” way.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Bast stopped in his tracks and dutifully gathered it up in both hands before walking the rest of the way to the bar.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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