tellingly
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The German stressed he was "always a believer in the positive things", but tellingly also referred to the pursuit as a "long fight".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Most tellingly, the court twice quoted the very language ADF has cherry-picked from Virginia and reiterates throughout its campaign to transform sex-equality law: that “physical differences between men and women” are “enduring.”
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Asked if his players had the same fire, he tellingly took a seven-second pause before responding.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
In his engaging memoir, “Streetwise,” Mr. Blankfein calls this outburst “a performance for the team,” but adds tellingly that he was “speaking to myself as well.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The next day, as we prepared to head to second mess, which was what they tellingly called lunch, I noticed the black man from the night before standing next to Colonel Batt.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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