as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
the perpetrators of this outrageous crime will be duly punished
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The estimate was duly parroted by the conservative Hoover Institution.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
When South drew trumps and led a heart, West took the ace and duly led a low club, and East won with the king and cashed the jack of spades.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
Here are three examples where generative AI, duly supervised and verified, maximizes human potential for real benefit.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Guitarist Joe Duplantier howled the lyrics like a man possessed (or something more demonic) with a brooding magnetism duly reinforced by dressing all in black.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
When South drew trumps and led a heart, West took the ace and duly led a low club, and East won with the king and cashed the jack of spades.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
Here are three examples where generative AI, duly supervised and verified, maximizes human potential for real benefit.
—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Guitarist Joe Duplantier howled the lyrics like a man possessed (or something more demonic) with a brooding magnetism duly reinforced by dressing all in black.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Duly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duly. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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