as in definitely
without any question
certainly, you can come to the party
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Their roster could certainly use a 6-foot-7 slasher who defends every position, pounds the glass, flies around with force and impacts the game without ever needing a play design.
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Anthony Slater, New York Times, 29 May 2025
And certainly, the situation is certainly evolving, one way or another.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 May 2025
But some Wall Street analysts cautioned that investors shouldn’t get too excited: The economic pain caused by tariffs remains, and Trump will almost certainly fight to maintain his signature policy.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
In my experience as an actor and as a singer, the thing that has been most useful for me on Broadway, on film sets, and certainly in my concert career is my experience in the small room.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
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Anthony Slater, New York Times, 29 May 2025
And certainly, the situation is certainly evolving, one way or another.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 May 2025
But some Wall Street analysts cautioned that investors shouldn’t get too excited: The economic pain caused by tariffs remains, and Trump will almost certainly fight to maintain his signature policy.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
In my experience as an actor and as a singer, the thing that has been most useful for me on Broadway, on film sets, and certainly in my concert career is my experience in the small room.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for certainly
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That’s definitely on that same river of where those players are coming from.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2025
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The smoot framerate, excellent resolution, variety of play styles, amount of content, and new game modes definitely place this in the top tier of third-party games available.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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For the Braves to make an eighth consecutive postseason appearance, Strider will surely need to have a big part in getting them there.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Musk has clashed with regulators in numerous ways over the years and leveled criticisms of outdated bureaucracy that may be justified and surely inform his later efforts at DOGE.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Of course, that’s a conversation for the fall (though the weather in Minneapolis and Detroit this week sure feels like playoff weather).—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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And if anybody thinks things get easier now that the Celtics have been booted all the way to next season must have missed what the Pacers just did to the Cavaliers, whose regular season sure was better than Boston’s.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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And our goal is clearly not to find a qualified and interested U.S. worker.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
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Additionally the atmosphere's airglow can be clearly seen in the orange line just above the atmosphere.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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Wickham says, over the past year, she's probably spent 200 hours planning.—
Mia Venkat,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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However, the end of the conversation was probably the headline – that Amodei refused to rule out AI becoming self-aware in key ways.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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No team besides the Pittsburgh Pirates is really out of the NL Central race, but the Cubs have the opportunity to really run away with it.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Could iPhones really cost $3,500? President Donald Trump is threatening a tariff of at least 25% on Apple if iPhones are not manufactured or built in the United States.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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“Certainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certainly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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