as in unnaturally
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Adverb
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Dawn of the Dead's flood of blood-and-guts is among the most memorable in film history, if only for the unnaturally vivid shades of red.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025 -
Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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So soon because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs, that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Steven Adler published an analysis showing that ChatGPT repeatedly and falsely reinforced one man’s delusions and psychological distress.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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These videos, shared widely across social media, falsely depicted him stealing, fleeing police, and reinforcing racial stereotypes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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The result was a deceptively clever and fluid attacking unit that, in theory, brought enough defensive resilience when needed as well.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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One of Puth’s greatest talents is constructing songs that sound simple but are powered by dynamic chord switches and deceptively complicated harmonies.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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But this workaday agenda has been artfully wrapped in therapy-speak.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Chef and co-owner Gina Genshlea works with winemakers Colleen Clothier and Sam Wharton to artfully blend seasonal meals with a snapshot of the Sacramento Valley’s wine scene.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Affectedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affectedly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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