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Recent Examples of chronically
The story of how this whimsical, gender-fluid brand got into the fusty, dusty, and chronically behind-the-times bridal industry isn't a particularly dramatic one.
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Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
Once open, the program will provide transitional housing and on-site services to people who are chronically homeless and struggling with drug addiction, mental health or all types of disabilities.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The result has been a chronically inadequate housing supply, a problem compounded in recent years by higher interest rates.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Supporters jokingly call themselves unemployed and chronically online, while videos and memes mocking unemployment, corruption and political dysfunction have attracted millions of views.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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
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
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
Once open, the program will provide transitional housing and on-site services to people who are chronically homeless and struggling with drug addiction, mental health or all types of disabilities.
—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
The result has been a chronically inadequate housing supply, a problem compounded in recent years by higher interest rates.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Supporters jokingly call themselves unemployed and chronically online, while videos and memes mocking unemployment, corruption and political dysfunction have attracted millions of views.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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
Their livelihood is affected chronically.
—
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.
—
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
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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Few are designed as value-measurement systems that learn perpetually.
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With the fifth and final season of The Bear premiering on Hulu, there's no shortage of chaos for the show's perpetually stressed chefs.
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The rest, invariably, end up limiting how the rest of the roster functions.
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Exercising the prerogatives of citizenship meant a wearying, lifelong battle to mitigate harm—one that would invariably fail, as the experiences of one generation faded out of living memory and another one picked up the same arguments and same ideas to reconfigure them in new ways.
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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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Yet the company seems to continually miscalculate the extent to which this dynamic will jeopardize its business.
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At times, some groups may feel overlooked or insufficiently welcomed, reminding us that inclusion is a value that must continually be expanded and reaffirmed.
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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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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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