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Adverb
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Oscar sadly is too prim and proper to reward its raw sexuality.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025 -
And your institution is, sadly, more relevant than it’s been in a long time.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The same unfortunately cannot be said for Grosse Pointe Garden Society as a whole.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Feb. 2025
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In cities and towns across Ukraine, the populace has unfortunately grown accustomed to a new normal daily routine of air raid alarms, bomb shelters and power outages, all accompanied by flying missiles, drone strikes and painfully harrowing news of the latest Russian atrocities.—
Ihor N. Stelmach,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The South Carolina license plate on the Honda stopped in front of me at a red light, and its silhouette of the state’s signature palm looking regrettably like a tarantula atop a swizzle stick.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Speaking of PartyNextDoor, who gets regrettably overshadowed on the project, the album’s highest points are when we’re transported to his distinct, moody ambiance.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The Palestinian population would live unhappily, but under the day-to-day administration of a Palestinian government.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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