as in unnaturally
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Adverb
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And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025 -
The lights were on, but the house seemed unnaturally quiet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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Since the release of ChatGPT, in 2022, colleges and universities have been engaged in an experiment to discover whether artificially intelligent chatbots and the liberal-arts tradition can coexist.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Means to repair or regrow cartilage artificially, however, could slow or even halt this process, and there are already some products on the market that function in this capacity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Gilmore, a Canadian influencer who shows up first on the site, says she and others have been falsely accused of celebrating Kirk’s death.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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This old-fashioned adventure stars Liam Neeson as the eponymous real-life chieftain, who in 18th-century Scotland romances Mary MacGregor (Jessica Lange) and goes on the run to clear his name after being falsely targeted by Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth).—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But the truth is that the most transformative innovations often begin not with a flash of genius, but with a deceptively simple question asked in a way that reframes the problem entirely.—
David Henkin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, Bovino led journalists in swimming across the All-American Canal, whose deceptively swift current and smooth concrete lining result in migrant deaths every year.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Radley team has also created a tabloid-style newspaper with an artfully blurry image of Beka and her Romilly bag on the cover, and an interview inside.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Inside the airy, tiled space in the Wedgewood Houston neighborhood, diners linger over baskets of still-warm croissants, artfully poured café au lait, tuna carpaccio, and a dangerously good French toast topped with berries and chantilly cream.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Affectedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affectedly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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