unsurprisingly
adverb
un·sur·pris·ing·ly
ˌən-sər-ˈprī-ziŋ-lē 
ˌən-sə-
1
: as is not surprising
matters complicate, unsurprisingly—
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann2
: in an unsurprising manner
the story ended unsurprisingly
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the tough housing market has forced many to rethink their American dream timelines, as 17% are pushing back buying a new home—and 6% of six-figure earners are even delaying getting married.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
The result, unsurprisingly, is a lightning-fast processor with astonishing performance in tasks that can take advantage of all these threads.
—PC Magazine, 30 July 2025
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The one group of people who have largely remained silent are, unsurprisingly, the Chinese.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 29 July 2025
The inheritor of a real estate firm who launched and crashed multiple businesses and before playing a successful businessman as a character on TV is unsurprisingly not particularly prepared for the extraordinarily high stakes of running the globe’s preeminent superpower.
—New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
The result, unsurprisingly, is a lightning-fast processor with astonishing performance in tasks that can take advantage of all these threads.
—PC Magazine, 30 July 2025
Read More: Why Protecting Taiwan Really Matters to the U.S.
The one group of people who have largely remained silent are, unsurprisingly, the Chinese.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 29 July 2025
The inheritor of a real estate firm who launched and crashed multiple businesses and before playing a successful businessman as a character on TV is unsurprisingly not particularly prepared for the extraordinarily high stakes of running the globe’s preeminent superpower.
—New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
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“Unsurprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsurprisingly. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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