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- adverb In a
predicable way.
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We also had, predicably, plenty of unpredicted positive developments such as
Open Declaration: ready to make a difference in EU policy 2009
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On our third date, I took him to meet my best Vancouver friend, kgrrrl, and though she'd had hesitations revolving around his Facebook photos some of which may have involved his muscled torso in a mankini - she was predicably charmed by his awesomeness.
blog: Girlfriend 2009
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His speech was noticed and very much liked (even while it was predicably hated by Dems mostly because of the delivery).
Top Democrats Privately Urging Major Donors To Fund Outside Groups To Attack McCain 2009
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So far McCain's campaign has been so predicably Rovian, all Obama has had to do is show up and smile.
TPM Track Composite: Obama's Lead Expands In First Post-Debate Polls 2009
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On our third date, I took him to meet my best Vancouver friend, kgrrrl, and though she'd had hesitations revolving around his Facebook photos some of which may have involved his muscled torso in a mankini - she was predicably charmed by his awesomeness.
blog: June 2009 2009
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If you observe a pattern of conduct and observe that that pattern has a predicably consistent effect on a particular target group, then its hard to avoid the conclusion that the conduct is intentional.
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The saddest thing about posts like these coming from the most pedestrian and predicably partisan pissant posters, is that they don't know what they're talking about, and thus, when to stop.
Sullyboating, Swiftboating, sandals, sticks, stickage, and strawberries. Ann Althouse 2008
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The results are predicably tragic and wonderfully weepy. (3 stars) M. P.MUSICYo La Tengo, 'And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out' (Matador) The Hoboken, N.J., art band's 10th CD, filled with reflective songs about love and marriage, is like the resting moments just before sleep: lulling and surreal.
Critical Moment 2008
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And due to the labor influx, predicably these jobs have had real wage decreases for the last 20 years despite the rise of inflation.
Think Progress » Buchanan: Mexico Conspiring To ‘Re-Annex’ Seven Southwest States 2006
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More predicably, that science doesn't care who causes the input to occur.
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