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Recent Examples of artificially
Raphael could certainly extract feeling from the architecture of a body and the distribution of its weight, but the majority of his faces, even the most artificially expressive ones, are unburdened by anything like a psychology.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The housing laws that the General Assembly passed over the last couple of years created pressure and artificially accelerated a process that takes time and public input, Bommer said.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Krüger spent almost two years training Filou to select the bigger of two vortex rings generated artificially underwater.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Research that has artificially introduced hives into natural areas like the high Sierra – places beekeepers don’t typically go – has generated competition that left less pollen and nectar for the native bees.
—Andony Melathopoulos, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Look beyond where others are flocking to Look beyond the same dozen or so companies everyone talks about on campus — and that become artificially competitive as a result.
—Gorick Ng, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
In other words, the obvious consequences of artificially boosting worker pay beyond market rates came to pass.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
This includes the sobering reality that artificially fabricated strands can be blended into the bunch, that not all human hair is created equal, and most hair does not all originate from the same donor or arrive in the same caliber of quality.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said fraudulent activity artificially inflates streams, reducing the amount paid to musicians and songwriters whose work is listened to by real audiences.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The housing laws that the General Assembly passed over the last couple of years created pressure and artificially accelerated a process that takes time and public input, Bommer said.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Krüger spent almost two years training Filou to select the bigger of two vortex rings generated artificially underwater.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Research that has artificially introduced hives into natural areas like the high Sierra – places beekeepers don’t typically go – has generated competition that left less pollen and nectar for the native bees.
—Andony Melathopoulos, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Look beyond where others are flocking to Look beyond the same dozen or so companies everyone talks about on campus — and that become artificially competitive as a result.
—Gorick Ng, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
In other words, the obvious consequences of artificially boosting worker pay beyond market rates came to pass.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
This includes the sobering reality that artificially fabricated strands can be blended into the bunch, that not all human hair is created equal, and most hair does not all originate from the same donor or arrive in the same caliber of quality.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said fraudulent activity artificially inflates streams, reducing the amount paid to musicians and songwriters whose work is listened to by real audiences.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artificially
unnaturally
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His baritone vocals are well presented, falling neatly into the frequency range the speaker likes to emphasize, though they are unnaturally boosted in some of his lowest notes.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
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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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“Artificially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artificially. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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