emphatically
Example Sentences
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County elections officials have emphatically rejected those claims.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
This is emphatically consistent with the results in other elections in the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The Canberra-based side emphatically crushed the defending champions Canterbury Crusaders 50–24 last week to end a losing streak in the New Zealand city that stretched 12 games.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
The 6 disagreed emphatically as to the reasoning.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
“I can show you a drawing of a creature that quite resembles you, and beneath the drawing it states emphatically that you are a polar bear.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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