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duly

[doo-lee, dyoo-] / ˈdu li, ˈdyu- /


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Nanning duly reports to the local doctor’s office, where he is granted a small bottle of the “medicine.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Contrary to the crusty, chaotic libertinism of their shows, the band is disarmingly sweet and funny in person despite being duly crude.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Jalibert duly hit form, returned and, but for a minor calf problem that ruled him out of the win over Italy, would have started all five of this year's Six Nations matches.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Strikingly, Jackson suggested that legislative history may often shed better light on the original meaning of a statute than does its duly enacted text.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

“Miss Bowen’s corset is duly noted, sir,” Marco replies, and the laughter bubbles over the table again.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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