chronically

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
  • In an annual Athletic poll, his peers have repeatedly named him one of the most overrated players in the league.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Kennedy himself has a history of promoting vaccine misinformation, having repeatedly claimed vaccines cause autism, an assertion that has been widely debunked by science and data.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Adverb
  • Keisha’s mother is perpetually exhausted, and the task of earning enough for Keisha’s school is always just a hair short of impossible.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 8 May 2025
  • Craig’s wife Tami (Kate Mara), a cancer survivor clearly still in love with her firefighter ex-boyfriend, is perpetually embarrassed by him.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
Adverb
  • First-time visitors invariably gasp encountering pieces like Colombostile's headline-making purple ostrich leather sofa, or Baldi's malachite and bronze masterpiece timepiece.
    Paul Jebara, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • John Clemens, having once assumed a county judgeship, invariably styled himself Judge Clemens, but his commercial failures kept piling up.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • That’s forced her into constantly trying to outdo herself.
    Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025
Adverb
  • Ruhl tracks the way life continually presents to us opportunities to become more impassioned scholars of the human comedy.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • What’s key is that this system isn’t static; the underlying AI learns over time, observing which content and pathways users engage with the most, continually optimizing the experience to be more effective and relevant.
    Graham Gardner, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Adverb
  • The list of exemptions is said to be dynamic and will be continuously adjusted depending on China's needs, according to people familiar with the matter.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
  • Once created, the pages would be edited and continuously retouched over time by other editors.
    Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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