How to Use virtually in a Sentence

virtually

adverb
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  • The stadium was virtually empty by the time the game ended.
  • That illness is virtually unknown in this area.
  • We spent virtually all day shopping.
  • I remember virtually everything he said.
  • The slices at the new Scarr’s are virtually the same as at the old, which is a thrill, and a relief.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2023
  • At first, the star virtually called on famous chefs to help teach her how to cook.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Board meetings are open to the public and held virtually on the second Wednesday of the month.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Each of the folks who collaborated to forge a deal get their share of the fees virtually the day the checks arrive.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 July 2023
  • This will be Biden's second meeting, the first one was held virtually last month.
    — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Majors has appeared once in court virtually in May and once in person, on June 20, with Good at his side.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The sessions may be held virtually, rather than in person.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The artifacts are, by and large, from my own archive, as is virtually every LP, EP, and 45.
    — Lily Moayeri, Spin, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Since the Ravens are in the playoffs and don’t play until next week, the Chargers were able to interview Monken, doing so virtually.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, there was virtually no flu season in the northern hemisphere.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • According to the firm, the apartment complex is now virtually sold out.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2023
  • To attend virtually, visit nsdcgs.org for the Zoom link.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • The finale is a To Be Continued in virtually every sense.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Most of it will live virtually on its own Instagram page.
    — Christopher Weber, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The Mediterranean climate leads to wet winters and dry summers, in which there is virtually no precipitation over the hottest months of the year, said Gampe, one of the authors of the 2022 study.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Now the city is investing in water and sewage upgrades, while building its reserves, virtually all paid for by a 5% tax on cannabis sales.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In Seattle the cast was all Black, except for the would-be dictator and his sidekicks, who were white—and this at a time when white and Black actors virtually never appeared on the same stage.
    — Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • But for the next two decades, the Smithsonian did virtually nothing to address her concerns.
    — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Schools have been ordered to close, once-bustling streets in Tel Aviv, the center of business, have virtually emptied and many businesses remain shut.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • There’s virtually nothing that could keep her away from the court — except maybe her own injury history.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Yes, but that darn grass — that classic surface on which three of the four Grand Slam tournaments used to be contested — has virtually disappeared from the sport.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • There’s no greater proof of that than the fact that the actor, who is virtually unrecognizable as one of Batman’s most notable nemeses, got his own spinoff.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The new MacBook Air is a success on virtually every level.
    — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 3 May 2023
  • And at first, the October 7 attacks might seem to make a new agreement virtually impossible to reach.
    — Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The start-up Anthropic, for instance, raised more than $7 billion in one year alone — a flood of money virtually unheard-of in the venture capital world.
    — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • And there is the relentless pursuit until someone virtually dies, or in some cases, has died.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024

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