earnestly
Example Sentences
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They were trying, quite earnestly, to understand it.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The researcher, Jacob Coxon, said in a social media post: “People building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned on Sept. 8, warning that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," Coxon wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
This was a strange tale, but it did not shake my faith; and I replied earnestly, “You are all mistaken; I know the murderer. Justine, poor, good Justine, is innocent.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Vocabulary lists containing earnestly
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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