Example Sentences
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A couple of pretty impressive power hitters became godlike sluggers overnight and at the exact same moment, for no apparent reason, and somehow no one found this more than passingly peculiar.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
Today’s L.A. map might be passingly familiar to the rancheros of 200 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2021
Simpson—which explicated Los Angeles’ long racial history to help explain what happened, DuVernay is only passingly interested in the sociocultural moment, the New York City history that led to this catastrophe.
From Slate • May 30, 2019
I couldn’t get certain lines out of my head: “I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2016
It appears that investors only have passingly paid attention to my letters, and many have been clinging to various rumors and hearsay in place of analysis or original thought.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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