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truly

[troo-lee] / ˈtru li /


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To test whether acetylcholine was truly responsible for this behavioral flexibility, the team reduced the animals' ability to produce the neurotransmitter.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Describing Scolyer as a "cheery, down-to-earth, lad from Launceston" and a brilliant, internationally recognised scientist, he said: "He will be remembered as a truly great Australian."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Many nontech names, however, “are truly much more economically dependent,” he added, so a solid growth backdrop can be the tide that lifts all of those boats.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

The same bounty that makes the Tar Pits the best place on Earth to study its slice of the late Pleistocene epoch also makes for a move of truly mammoth proportions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Considering its content, the signature on this derogatory letter is outrageous, “With love, truly your friend, Margaret Fox.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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