literally
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The Raw channel was the linchpin of a whole ecosystem of comedy that is more accessible — literally — to fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She added: “What a nightmare you’ll literally cost me my ambassadorship stop writing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The living room is anchored by a bold, black brick fireplace that brings warmth to the area both literally and visually.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Iñárritu spends the film’s first quarter setting the scene and characters — strangely quite literally, raising what looks like a stage curtain but is revealed to be a window shade.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Toby had put parentheses after exponents when explaining PEMDAS, even though the order was literally parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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