keenly
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Forty years ago, back in the 1980s, Steve Witkoff was a junior lawyer at a firm working for Donald Trump, and was watching him keenly.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Because Hong Kong is a world trade and financial center, adding to the marginal costs of doing business is more keenly felt there than in larger but less competitive economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But these two figures, created by one of our most keenly observant writers, deserve to be interpreted anew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The consensus among historical experts is that many were already keenly aware of the altered situation, thanks to the elaborate word-of-mouth information relay of enslaved people’s social networks.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
Other eyes besides mine watched these manifestations of character—watched them closely, keenly, shrewdly.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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