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But that "view is becomingly increasingly difficult to defend," he said last week after data showed weekly new claims for unemployment benefits hit their lowest level since February.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2023

It’s the question that drives the evening and, just as crucially, the paranoia of the king in a court decked out becomingly by costume designer Sarah Cubbage in Victorian bowler hats and petticoats.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018

Versace, who was already conjuring the imagery of classical goddesses with his becomingly draped dresses, created the perfect women to wear them.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2017

So in a way she’s playing herself, most becomingly.

From Time • Feb. 21, 2012

At noon, I was becomingly dressed; I had sent Pomponne away, with orders not to return before two o'clock, and I impatiently counted the minutes.

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