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carefully

[kair-fuh-lee] / ˈkɛər fə li /


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When Mao Zedong visited Moscow in 1950 to forge the Sino-Soviet alliance, Soviet propaganda posters depicted Stalin as slightly taller than Mao—a carefully calibrated signal of who was the elder brother.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Watson says that uncertainty needs to be understood carefully.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The collection is both furious and joyful, beautifully and carefully cohesive.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

That metric is currently signaling that investors should tread carefully, Opsal said in a phone interview Monday.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

I need her to say something again, in a lower register, so I can listen more carefully.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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