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Recent Examples of artificially
Fossil fuel political donations and lobbying have resulted in rich subsidies, making their products artificially cheap and tilting the competitive playing field to their advantage versus renewable energy.
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Those facts, Pinto argues, negate the concept that rental homes artificially inflate prices.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
By supporting assets like spare rooms and idle vehicles, individuals may be artificially increasing their cost of living.
—Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
The new definition of Mormon perfection looks different now, but that’s not to say the pursuit of looking naturally beautiful is easier than looking artificially enhanced.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
Rent control artificially sets the price of rent below market value, disincentivizing additional investment in housing that’s desperately needed.
—Albert R. Wynn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
The New York Times is cheering them on, opining in a recent editorial that artificially raising the prices of legal cannabis through higher taxes and fees will dissuade adults from consuming it.
—Paul Armentano, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Those facts, Pinto argues, negate the concept that rental homes artificially inflate prices.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
By supporting assets like spare rooms and idle vehicles, individuals may be artificially increasing their cost of living.
—Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
The new definition of Mormon perfection looks different now, but that’s not to say the pursuit of looking naturally beautiful is easier than looking artificially enhanced.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
Rent control artificially sets the price of rent below market value, disincentivizing additional investment in housing that’s desperately needed.
—Albert R. Wynn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
The New York Times is cheering them on, opining in a recent editorial that artificially raising the prices of legal cannabis through higher taxes and fees will dissuade adults from consuming it.
—Paul Armentano, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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 1 Apr. 2026.
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