pointedly
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Even in a passing comment where he appeared to reference Yellen, he pointedly did not mention make even an allusion to Powell.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
She sought to portray them as sleazy and pointedly decided to lean into an argument of recent months about Englishness.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Fielder pointedly asks the founder of Theranos, a health tech startup that collapsed after Holmes and the company’s president were charged with wire fraud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
He pointedly allowed just one question each from journalists who in past news conferences got to ask follow-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
But she gave only some cursory measurements, pointedly declined to specify any details about the structure, and then brought a witheringly dull academic seminar to its close.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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