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purposely

[pur-puhs-lee] / ˈpɜr pəs li /


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"And I am purposely trying to put songs down for that very purpose, to have a click track and my vocals to where any, any arrangement can be done," Parton added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

In 2020, the lab embarked on training a chatbot dubbed “Gopher,” purposely keeping the project secret from Google Brain.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

When a pitcher purposely throws high and inside, the batter has four choices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

It is not known if Healey was purposely targeted, but the newspaper reported that the flight's path was visible on aircraft tracking websites.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

It set the precedents, established in palpable fact what the Constitution had only outlined in purposely ambiguous theory, thereby opening up and closing off options for all the history that followed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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