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certainly

[sur-tn-lee] / ˈsɜr tn li /


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If Rolls-Royce is about delivering world-apart experiences to its clients, the Spectre certainly represents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Yet they have to correct for a yearslong decline in employer response rates to BLS surveys—which does not negate the data overall, but certainly makes preliminary calculations a bit more unsteady and speculative.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Richard Sutherland has been in Tasmania for months, his brother and neighbour Neil Sutherland has said, and he certainly did not know Freeman or sympathise with his beliefs.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Seizing Kharg Island and the islands near the mainland would require an amphibious landing on a contested shoreline, among “the hardest operations” a military can attempt, and one that Iran is almost certainly prepared for.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

It had certainly been an exciting morning for him, but a confusing one, too.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry