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Recent Examples of artificially
The ordinance aims to protect Santa Ana tenants from inflated or unfair rent increases that officials say can be driven by pricing tools, ones that critics argue allow landlords to artificially inflate rental prices, often working in coordination to manipulate competitive market rates.
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Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
In a chaotic and unpredictable world, somebody with artificially TV-friendly looks stands in front of a map that isn’t there and attempts to prognosticate the unknowable future.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
In each of the commercials, ordinary people seeking advice from an artificially-sounding person standing in for the AI chatbot were interrupted by unwarranted advertisements.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
This practice artificially inflates prices and prevents everyday Texans from outbidding Wall Street.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
By my count, at least five North Texas car dealerships stand accused of breaking the law by advertising (artificially) low prices.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 11, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
The steering has a natural, connected feel that's not artificially weighted, but is genuinely communicative.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accusing nine multistate marijuana companies of rigging the game to keep cannabis prices artificially high.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
In a chaotic and unpredictable world, somebody with artificially TV-friendly looks stands in front of a map that isn’t there and attempts to prognosticate the unknowable future.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
In each of the commercials, ordinary people seeking advice from an artificially-sounding person standing in for the AI chatbot were interrupted by unwarranted advertisements.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
This practice artificially inflates prices and prevents everyday Texans from outbidding Wall Street.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
By my count, at least five North Texas car dealerships stand accused of breaking the law by advertising (artificially) low prices.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 11, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
The steering has a natural, connected feel that's not artificially weighted, but is genuinely communicative.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accusing nine multistate marijuana companies of rigging the game to keep cannabis prices artificially high.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artificially
unnaturally
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Some of the earliest sculptures ever depict naked women with unnaturally exaggerated breasts, hips and pubic triangles, but scholars still disagree about how to interpret them.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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The water is actually unnaturally clear because more than 400 trillion invasive Black Sea quagga mussels have taken over the bottom of the lake.—
Theodore J. Karamanski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Artificially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artificially. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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