as in repeatedly
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Adverb
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Throughout the season, the Knights repeatedly demonstrated their resilience, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat in critical moments.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025 -
There’s no scoreboard, nor a need to repeatedly spell things out.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Adverb
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The uncertain fate of the beloved children’s series reached a depressing turning point when a LinkedIn post claimed that Elmo, who is perpetually three years old, lost his job.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
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San Diego Union-Tribune On Sunday, the standouts included Texas blues, funk and soul dynamo Gary Clark, Jr., the energetically rocking Denver band The Fray, and the perpetually buoyant singer-songwriter Mraz, who has been a San Diego County resident since 1999.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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But Petzold is invariably a probing observer of his characters’ psyches, aided here by four excellent actors, including the incandescent Paula Beer in their fourth collaboration.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Our heroes face dire odds time and again, but invariably their various superpowers (resurrection, invisibility, summoning the dead, etc.) excise them from each pickle, a little worse for wear but mostly intact.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Adverb
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Until last year, the Celtics had a habit of surrendering big leads, constantly faltering in crunchtime as the offense lost its flow.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Attendance is expected to sag below original expectations, which may, in fact, be viewed as a win for a regime that is constantly stoking its base with culture-war rot that exploits division for political gain.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 May 2025
Adverb
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But while her universe may be continually expanding, Tems still wants her impact on the world to be fulfilling.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
14 May 2025
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Ruhl tracks the way life continually presents to us opportunities to become more impassioned scholars of the human comedy.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
Adverb
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After she was transferred to an intensive care unit, an obstetric nurse stayed by her bedside continuously to monitor the fetus’ heart rate and movements.—
Kate Brumback,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Plants produce sweetly fragrant flowers from the growing shoot tips continuously from spring through frost, providing a constant supply of nectar for native bees and butterflies.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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