chronically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
  • President Trump has repeatedly said that FEMA should be eliminated.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
  • During his first term, Trump issued a memo ordering that immigrants without lawful status be excluded from the population count used to apportion House seats and repeatedly sought to add a citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • That two of those three horror titles were based on original material bodes well for a genre perpetually seen as an underdog both critically and commercially.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Relative bargains for the perpetually bargain-hunting Twins.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Entrepreneurs are invariably motivated by making money, but Nelson was on a concurrent mission to enhance the city of Tulsa.
    Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • These follow-ups are invariably met with radio silence.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Reference to the puppy-killing becomes a recurring gag throughout the episode, along with her face melting away and having to be constantly patched up by a team of makeup artists.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Anna is constantly putting out fires, particularly when she gets called in to Harper’s high school to discuss her daughter’s fight with her British nemesis, Lily (Sophia Hammons).
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Listen and adapt: Use data and open conversations to continually refine your approach to women’s career development continually.
    Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That outcome speaks to the core challenge of the series, continually designing games that need to be (1) playable, (2) completely novel, and (3) funny.
    Nic Juarez, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Each of those career stages was a period of personal and professional growth made possible by continuously planning for, training for and stepping up to take on new or greater scope and responsibility.
    Philip Samson, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Though it's been continuously upgraded since it was first built in 1979, the Lindner Family Tennis Center was starting to show its age, according to Dell, and past projects on the site left it feeling disconnected and lacking a cohesive identity.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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