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adverb

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Recent Examples of doubtless
Adjective
Much of the adhesion was doubtless down to the prototype's track-biased Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022 Emerging-market currencies are doubtless in for another several months of rollercoaster-like volatility, even assuming that the Fed’s currently uber-hawkish stance starts to soften a bit. Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Adverb
And if that duo turned away from Moscow, some other NATO members would, given the mutual defense provisions in Article 5 of the NATO treaty, doubtless balk at admitting a country with such dangerously unfinished business with Russia. The Editors, National Review, 14 Feb. 2025 There have been not a few occasions in your columnist’s domestic life, and doubtless in yours too, when disputes over who said what have led to A Big Scene. Jonathan Margolis, airmail.news, 26 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for doubtless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubtless
Adjective
  • Fossilised footprints found at Queensland school | ABC NEWS Watch on Paleontologists aren’t sure which species of dinosaur made the tracks.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Org/resources/fire-stations How to fill a sandbag Not sure how to fill your sandbags?
    Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Change can be hard sometimes, so certainly some of the discontent is just a function of having the phone interface changed without warning.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Expect a rough battle, lots of fireworks, and most probably a long shutdown.
    Richard McGahey, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The closet is probably the easiest room to ignore when things get disorganized.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Coming off the back of a 7-1 win against PSV in the Champions League, Arsenal would have felt confident beating its traditional rival United, which has continued to struggle this season.
    Ben Church, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Leithauser left Dessner’s studio confident that This Side of the Island was ready to be released.
    Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Collins’s search for his wife will surely play a major role, but can that take the form of a mystery that’s slowly unraveled over the course of a season?
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
  • This draft’s most intriguing wide receiver is Travis Hunter, who was lumped in with the cornerbacks at last week’s combine and surely will be out of the 49ers’ first-round reach.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • The philosopher dedicated his 1934 book Art as Experience to Barnes, suggesting the relationship was to some degree reciprocal, though the $5,000-a-year stipend Barnes arranged for Dewey likely helped.
    Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • On the other, some Democrats understand that a decision to vote against the bill could likely force an undesirable government shut down.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • With the first set secured, Andreeva seemed more assured in the second, defending three break points to consolidate her own break at 3-1 and then winning every subsequent game to seal victory.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Because the city of Buckeye does not have a designation of assured water supply, the North Star Ranch development will have to find its own source of water.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • What started with an iced beverage (sort of butterscotch, sort of shortbread, definitely non-alcoholic) with the Wizarding World’s opening in 2010, now comes in frozen, hot and non-dairy varieties, plus there’s butterbeer fudge, potted cream and ice cream for sale.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Outright power is definitely on the limited side, though.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025

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