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straight

adjective as in orderly

adjective as in unmixed

adjective as in conventional, square

adverb as in honestly

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So much is expected of me, if I don't win straight away there's more pressure and you don't have that time when you're at the top.

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It was his fifth straight early exit in qualifying.

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Lastner said the quality-of-life offset for spending months at sea is the option to spend several months straight at home, when “you can actually be present.”

The defeat was a second straight for Philadelphia, who were coming off an agonizing loss to NFC East rivals Dallas in which they squandered a 21-0 lead.

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"We had a team meeting straight after and I wasn't sure it was the right thing to do," says Cook.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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