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surely

[shoor-lee, shur-] / ˈʃʊər li, ˈʃɜr- /


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Anthropic and OpenAI would surely be above the movie title, too, right?

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

She is surely on course to break her major duck sometime soon and in California last Sunday it was only the brilliance of a dominant world number one that bettered the British star.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

He was in the running against Nathan Lane in the season’s most talk-about show’s “Death of a Salesman,” and many bets were surely placed on the latter to sweep.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The most expensive tickets of the night surely went to two individuals who won an auction through MSG’s Garden of Dreams Foundation for a total of $1 million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Why, a few frogs surely would be enough to stop a wedding.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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