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properly

[prop-er-lee] / ˈprɒp ər li /


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Ramaphosa said efforts would be made to ensure all informal shops were properly registered by the small business development department.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

As a nameless licensee told The Times in 1984, a properly promoted Sam “could do $200 million.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Sokoloff, 37, alleged Mejia did not properly utilize the controller’s office to run audits on city departments and failed to keep up the auditing pace of his predecessor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Women with endometriosis want to be cared for, properly.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

One of them, Cupid, had been sick a year earlier, and Washington ordered that he be cared for properly and seen by a doctor in the main house.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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