as in sadly
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Adverb
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The leadership toxicity is sadly nothing new, though there’s one point in here about Bungie allegedly buying pricey penthouses for some higher tiers of management.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025 -
His gay life, sadly, is mostly a source of early misery and bitter feeling—a reminder of how recently, and how blessedly, homosexuality has been normalized.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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Wagner and Benitez were excellent closers who did not do their best work in the postseason, unfortunately.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Trump concluded by noting that while he will be gone for the summer, the real president is unfortunately inescapable.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2025
Adverb
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Danos started throwing rocks at it and, regrettably, her phone.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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Which, regrettably, brings us to Connor Hellebuyck, Oettinger’s counterpart for the Jets, who’s about to enter rarefied air with his third Vezina Trophy.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adverb
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Moscow, Washington, and, however unhappily, Kyiv know that NATO membership is out of Ukraine’s reach.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Apr. 2025
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The seller was unhappily mulling it when another offer emerged, then another.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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