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Recent Examples of accidentally
The other involves two crazy kids — Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz — who accidentally got off the romantic-comedy train.
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New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Pre-emergents are also less problematic to use than post-emergent weed killers that can accidentally kill desirable ornamental plants, grasses, and vegetables.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Investigators say diesel fuel was accidentally mixed with regular unleaded gasoline, leaving many drivers unable to start or operate their vehicles.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, another animal, such as a raccoon or dog, or a person, will accidentally eat an infected animal, or the slime of one, and contract the disease.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Pre-emergents are also less problematic to use than post-emergent weed killers that can accidentally kill desirable ornamental plants, grasses, and vegetables.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Investigators say diesel fuel was accidentally mixed with regular unleaded gasoline, leaving many drivers unable to start or operate their vehicles.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, another animal, such as a raccoon or dog, or a person, will accidentally eat an infected animal, or the slime of one, and contract the disease.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accidentally
Adverb
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Two dissimilar government agencies have inadvertently combined to clarify the immigration debate.—
George F. Will,
Washington Post,
13 Mar. 2026
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Parents might inadvertently contribute to a child’s avoidant attachment.—
Christin Perry,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But new research suggests that regularly using pre-workout could unintentionally counteract your healthy living goals.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
17 Mar. 2026
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The interview was subsequently deleted from the journalist’s YouTube page, either because people didn’t get the joke or because the joke was unintentionally revealing.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And Pearl, while making his team’s case Thursday, unwittingly did a fine job of spelling out the ills of expansion as well.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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In one of the play’s loveliest moments, the narrator unwittingly shares his secret project with his college crush, a young woman named Sam who responds in such a compassionate and simpatico manner that a life together is all but assured.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Screen or email apnea happens when someone unconsciously holds their breath or breathes more shallowly while looking at their screen to answer emails or texts, explained Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness and meditation teacher at Headspace.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
23 Feb. 2026
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Any direct influence probably came out unconsciously.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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On April 28, its board of governors met via Zoom and determined that films that had been intended for a theatrical release prior to COVID would be allowed to qualify that year via the Academy’s members-only streaming service — which, fortuitously, had been opened to all films only months before.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Then, fortuitously, twice as much snow fell in the mountains that winter as usual.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Children are not cars whose gas tanks can simply be carelessly overfilled.—
Lauren Arikan,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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For the visitors’ winner, Anthony Gordon unwisely attempted to dribble inside his own half and carelessly lost possession.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Your 9th House of Learning awakens as an instinctive New Moon invites you to explore a class, your own philosophies, or (more casually) a potential vacation destination.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Amini was a soccer player on Iran’s national futsal team until 2017, when she was pictured casually playing soccer with some male friends in Switzerland – a crime, she was told by Iran’s governing regime.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Accidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accidentally. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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