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Recent Examples of anxiously
While officials are anxiously hoping that the tax revenues will keep coming in, Lamont and lawmakers have not agreed on how to cut taxes.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
Just days after the first pip of nesting season for Big Bear bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow, their first eaglet has hatched, and their second egg has a pip as Southern California fans of the duo anxiously await their newest family members.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the bloodthirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot.
—Ryan Brennan
april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
Before then, Estrada Juarez had spent days anxiously awaiting updates from the government to facilitate her return.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Pip watch, however, is when online enthusiasts anxiously await the chicks' arrivals.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Michiganders are anxiously looking for ways to reduce the price at the pump.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Fans of the group, known collectively as ARMY, have been anxiously awaiting the group’s return since then.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Two days after Mexican forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel last month, Gladdys Uribe was in her California home, anxiously tracking her parents’ movements in Mexico.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
Just days after the first pip of nesting season for Big Bear bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow, their first eaglet has hatched, and their second egg has a pip as Southern California fans of the duo anxiously await their newest family members.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the bloodthirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot.
—Ryan Brennan
april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
Before then, Estrada Juarez had spent days anxiously awaiting updates from the government to facilitate her return.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Pip watch, however, is when online enthusiasts anxiously await the chicks' arrivals.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Michiganders are anxiously looking for ways to reduce the price at the pump.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Fans of the group, known collectively as ARMY, have been anxiously awaiting the group’s return since then.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Two days after Mexican forces killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel last month, Gladdys Uribe was in her California home, anxiously tracking her parents’ movements in Mexico.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anxiously
Adverb
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This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Businesses operate in an environment where formal and informal systems coexist uneasily.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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An uneasy balance The concentration of power around one figure sits uneasily with one of the founding impulses of the 1979 revolution that ushered in the Islamic Republic.—
Roxane Razavi,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Finding the perpetrators would take months and raise questions that hit uncomfortably close to home—not only the Kirkeby’s home, but also mine.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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Victor Glover, the pilot, reported that the spacecraft was uncomfortably cold, and donned a knit cap.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Responding officers found a man who was critically wounded.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Amy’s ex-husband Michael (Omar Metwally) and the team work tirelessly to help her and the other patients but their experimental treatments fail and Amy becomes critically ill.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Anxiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anxiously. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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