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strikingly

[strahy-king-lee] / ˈstraɪ kɪŋ li /












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vividly
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Her account begins with a description of the Ithacan king as “a complicated man” who, in strikingly passive phrasing, “wandered and was lost.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

Overall, the experiments showed that sea anemones rely on an antiviral pathway that is fundamentally different from the one used by humans, even though both systems contain molecular components that look strikingly alike.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

Yet when economists go back and measure what his Fed actually did, monetary-policy decisions look strikingly mechanical.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Rapidly evolving artificial intelligence technology has demolished the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals strikingly convincing voice cloning tools to steal from people by mimicking loved ones.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

They were light brown, strikingly honey-colored against her dark skin.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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