tragically

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragically
Adverb
  • Fast forward to 2025 and the club has been sadly demolished, but Bowen and Marchetto are still going strong.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Google is always in the news and, sadly, not always for positive reasons as far as security issues are concerned.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • The spread of illness in congregate living situations, including shelters, is unfortunately common given the close quarters and communal spaces.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The family qualified for this program, but unfortunately, there are more people in need than homes to shelter them, officials agree.
    Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • And one that was regrettably imported in very limited quantities to the US—with this powertrain, only 80 units.
    Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Be aware that generative AI can regrettably provide ineffective and even potentially harmful advice.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • Although Hemingway had been somewhat happily employed by the Toronto Star Weekly as a foreign correspondent since 1921, in 1923 he was unhappily transferred to feature writing for the Toronto Daily Star under the notorious Hindmarsh.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 6 Jan. 2025
  • One of them is another family friend, the unhappily married Naomi Shah, who at the psychologist’s 40th wedding-anniversary party takes an interest in Griffin that turns quickly, shockingly carnal, leading to a series of encounters in her Mercedes and elsewhere.
    Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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