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patiently



ADVERB
continuing without impatience
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Instead, they patiently and independently funded, recorded, and released their first single, “Darling” in 2017, in honor of the late Womack brothers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

What he thought was going to be a relatively brief meeting was instead hours of Tartikoff patiently going through the script page by page.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Many of these investors are investing patiently in private companies and writing check after check, helping the companies scale and establish an edge over rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

They are waiting patiently for the free fruit the seller has been giving away daily since mid-June: two durians per customer, about 600kg a day.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“May I ask you something?” he says as she looks at a collection of detailed figurines waiting patiently amongst curls of wood to be housed in their proper clocks.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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