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there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me
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The gist though of the third step is still of an uplifting nature, namely that fostering AI adoption throughout the EU and especially in strategic EU sectors would be a worthy element of becoming an AI Continent.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
What’s next for Smith is continuing to grow in the season’s most important moments: namely, the NCAA Tournament.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
As Olympia lays eyes on Madeline’s crime board — namely, how all signs point to ex-husband Julian stealing the study on behalf of Senior — in her mind at least, what is the best possible outcome here?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Apr. 2025
As anyone who has gazed upon the bounty of the supermarket olive-oil aisle can tell you, most of that is coming from the European Union, namely Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
What’s next for Smith is continuing to grow in the season’s most important moments: namely, the NCAA Tournament.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
As Olympia lays eyes on Madeline’s crime board — namely, how all signs point to ex-husband Julian stealing the study on behalf of Senior — in her mind at least, what is the best possible outcome here?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Apr. 2025
As anyone who has gazed upon the bounty of the supermarket olive-oil aisle can tell you, most of that is coming from the European Union, namely Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namely. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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namely
adverb
name·ly
ˈnām-lē 
: that is to say
the cat family, namely, lions, tigers, and related animals
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