not thoroughly

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From this remove - four games played, four games lost, three goals scored and 10 goals conceded - not thoroughly enough.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The biggest difficulty in containing the bird flu outbreak is that many states do not thoroughly regulate their agricultural sectors.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

“We still have a problem,” Huntsman said, “as long as the Sheriff’s Department is secretive about alleged gang activity and does not thoroughly investigate it and identify all the members.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

The second flank of their argument is that the home secretary did not thoroughly investigate how Rwanda determines the status of refugees.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023

But this proved to be only the beginning; I realized we had not thoroughly prepared for all that was about to happen.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela