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adverb • a figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something | ||||||||
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IDEST which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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IDEST
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times20 Dec 1998 | Down 40 | |
| New York Times02 Jul 1997 | Down 52 | |
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