as in practically
very close to but not completely
fell in love with a man who was virtually penniless
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Recent Examples of virtually
Fallout continues after President Donald Trump's unveiling of severe tariffs against virtually all U.S. trading partners.
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
Attendees didn’t seem to mind that some of the NASA reps appeared virtually, remotely projecting slides that outlined contracting opportunities, providing personal emails of the right people to contact and tips about the days when vendors could visit with small business specialists.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
Office hours are open virtually on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Physical copies of the plans will be distributed to local libraries and copies of the plans can be found online here.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
In other words, Omniverse lets enterprises and cloud providers simulate an AI factory (from cooling layouts to networking) as a 3D model, test changes and troubleshoot virtually before a single server is installed.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
Attendees didn’t seem to mind that some of the NASA reps appeared virtually, remotely projecting slides that outlined contracting opportunities, providing personal emails of the right people to contact and tips about the days when vendors could visit with small business specialists.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
Office hours are open virtually on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Physical copies of the plans will be distributed to local libraries and copies of the plans can be found online here.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
In other words, Omniverse lets enterprises and cloud providers simulate an AI factory (from cooling layouts to networking) as a 3D model, test changes and troubleshoot virtually before a single server is installed.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtually
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There’s practically nothing that his Catholic foes, still smarting at the Church of England’s rejection of papal authority, won’t believe about the man who helped engineer the schism so that Henry (Damian Lewis) could divorce his first wife as part of his ongoing quest to beget a male heir.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
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Dong Ting Noodle Find chili in practically every dish at Dong Ting Noodle, but diners still add the delectable house chili paste offered at every table.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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In a situation that would rattle almost anyone on their first day at a new job, Dr. Mel remains as unruffled as her ponytail braid and still doesn’t have a hair out of place at hour 12 of the shift.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
29 Mar. 2025
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Germany, a country that traditionally favors social spending over national defense and is almost immovable out of its comfort zone, now resembles a country in a hurry.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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Other wolves have followed since then in nearly 100 sightings by CPW annually.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Offshore oil spills can be extremely expensive to deal with, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill cost nearly $70 billion to clean up.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Virtually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtually. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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