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questionably



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tentatively
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The Hurricanes punished him all night, sometimes legally, sometimes questionably, but he stayed composed, turning to unheralded receiver Charlie Becker as a security blanket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Kwan’s next three novels covered similar territory: wealthy people behaving decadently and questionably, but usually with heart and always with panache.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2024

Dutton’s goal isn’t expansion, it’s holding on to his questionably attained acreage and with it, his dominance over all he surveys.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022

Restoring the world, including the planet we inhabit, has become the job of questionably capable humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

They had no intensive agriculture, and only questionably any agriculture at all.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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