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Recent Examples of chronically
The leader who is a strategic visionary but a chronically poor communicator gets a Chief of Staff or a COO who is a brilliant communicator.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Education and health experts also emphasize family engagement, community relationships, extracurricular activities and outdoor recreation are potential solutions for chronically absent students.
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Arthur Jones Ii,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Six of the 10 most competitive housing markets in the country are in the Northeast, per Zillow’s 2026 analysis, a region where new construction has chronically lagged and inventory deficits run deepest.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
About 46% of Black students were chronically absent, and nearly 10% had been suspended.
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Uc Berkeley,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Their livelihood is affected chronically.
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Helen Branswell,
STAT,
13 June 2026
While Deb was chronically unsure of herself, actress Tina Majorino already had plenty of experience in front of the camera.
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Danny Horn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
The shift could also be seen in the generation growing tired of influencers and swearing off smartphones for a life less chronically online and bonds that are less parasocial.
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
More than 64,000 people in California are chronically homeless, with 71% of them living without a shelter, according to the latest HUD report.
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Philip Wang,
Time,
9 June 2026
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Education and health experts also emphasize family engagement, community relationships, extracurricular activities and outdoor recreation are potential solutions for chronically absent students.
—
Arthur Jones Ii,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Six of the 10 most competitive housing markets in the country are in the Northeast, per Zillow’s 2026 analysis, a region where new construction has chronically lagged and inventory deficits run deepest.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
About 46% of Black students were chronically absent, and nearly 10% had been suspended.
—
Uc Berkeley,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Their livelihood is affected chronically.
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Helen Branswell,
STAT,
13 June 2026
While Deb was chronically unsure of herself, actress Tina Majorino already had plenty of experience in front of the camera.
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Danny Horn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
The shift could also be seen in the generation growing tired of influencers and swearing off smartphones for a life less chronically online and bonds that are less parasocial.
—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
More than 64,000 people in California are chronically homeless, with 71% of them living without a shelter, according to the latest HUD report.
—
Philip Wang,
Time,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
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Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing the Haitians who are living in Ohio of eating people's pets.
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That meant fewer shots on target and a lot more fouls with players crashing on the pitch repeatedly.
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The perpetually and publicly ailing 74-year-old Weinstein’s third New York rape trial ended in mid-May with a deadlocked jury.
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Why The Wine World Already Knows Where the cold Humboldt current sweeps down from Alaska and meets warmer water from Mexico, two systems collide off Point Conception, keeping the Pacific perpetually cold — rarely above 52 degrees.
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And then the reality is almost invariably significantly different for a thousand reasons.
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Those who have attempted to control its growth and claim authority over its meaning have invariably failed in the long run.
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Leaders are constantly in a chronic, sympathetic-dominant state that, if not appropriately managed, can have downstream effects on their cardiovascular health, immune functioning, sleep, and even personal relationships.
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The show follows the titular Shaun, who lives on a quiet British farm with his flock and is constantly trying to add excitement to their quaint lifestyles, often causing trouble for their farmer and the sheepdog Bitzer.
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To me, being a refugee meant being eternally lonely.
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Thanks to its colorful cast of characters, which ranged from the Sprouse twins to the eternally helpful bellhop Esteban (Adrian R'Mante), the original adventures of Zack and Cody put a new and memorable spin on the classic Eloise fantasy of living in a hotel.
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In addition to reckoning with conspicuous consumption, my novel also investigates what life looks like for the Anderson women when the perennially absent Alan becomes an always-there man.
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For others, the salary cap proposal demonstrates pure greed from owners who are all fabulously wealthy yet perennially crying poor.
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Through the fantastical nature of this story and the original nature of the omniscient narrator Ahmad is able to continually surprise.
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Starlight, which sits on 16 acres in Swope Park, is the largest and oldest continually operating performing arts organization in Kansas City.
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The robots work continuously within the factory environment, coordinating with human employees and other automation systems.
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Another way of looking at it is that the race is nowhere near over, and that the lead will continuously shift as time goes on.
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