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the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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Little to no foley of the car, few to no anchoring shots of the road from inside the car, and a purposely simplistic GPS—suggesting tongue in cheek that the parents are in uncharted territory—conspire to keep us on edge.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
For example, some communities of chimpanzees purposely eat termites and other insects, with some individuals occasionally hunting vertebrates.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Peterman said Leetcode problems are purposely designed to be much harder than what software engineers would do on the job.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025
The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
For example, some communities of chimpanzees purposely eat termites and other insects, with some individuals occasionally hunting vertebrates.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Peterman said Leetcode problems are purposely designed to be much harder than what software engineers would do on the job.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025
The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposely. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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purposely
adverb
pur·pose·ly
ˈpər-pəs-lē 
: with a clear or known purpose
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