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humbly

[huhm-blee, uhm-] / ˈhʌm bli, ˈʌm- /


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To help you kick back, I’d humbly suggest:

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Encouraging officials to vote their minds is an essential element of any plan to reassure voters that the Fed is acting deliberately and humbly.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

"I really want to celebrate the fact that there are so many women around the world who are working so humbly on domestic skills ... like sewing, hand knitting," she said.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

“A few of the seventh graders I guess they know me kind of,” Lappe said humbly.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2026

It may be, too, that he wanted to show in the most startling and shocking way possible how easy it was to deceive the awful, venerated, humbly adored divinities.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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