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Recent Examples of chronically
Turkey's experience suggests investors chronically underweight tail risks where credibility depletion compounds across multiple institutional failures.
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Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The chronically offline might not think there is much to a world of electricity behind our own.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The Philippines had rehab centers, but since the drug war began they’d been chronically oversubscribed.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
A little more than a third were chronically homeless, while roughly 1,100 people reported having fallen into homelessness for the first time.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
People with chronically low blood pressure should also be cautious, as the tea could cause a dangerous dip in blood pressure.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 27 Jan. 2026
During the 2021-22 school year, nearly half of Chalmers students were chronically absent, missing at least two days of class per month.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Of the children aged 7 to 11, 31% were chronically absent and 19% were children identified as students with special education needs prior to their withdrawal from public school.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Further, this will help address the root causes of unnecessary physical sampling and overdevelopment, both chronically wasteful and persistent issues.
—Raj Dhiman, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The chronically offline might not think there is much to a world of electricity behind our own.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The Philippines had rehab centers, but since the drug war began they’d been chronically oversubscribed.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
A little more than a third were chronically homeless, while roughly 1,100 people reported having fallen into homelessness for the first time.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
People with chronically low blood pressure should also be cautious, as the tea could cause a dangerous dip in blood pressure.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 27 Jan. 2026
During the 2021-22 school year, nearly half of Chalmers students were chronically absent, missing at least two days of class per month.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Of the children aged 7 to 11, 31% were chronically absent and 19% were children identified as students with special education needs prior to their withdrawal from public school.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Further, this will help address the root causes of unnecessary physical sampling and overdevelopment, both chronically wasteful and persistent issues.
—Raj Dhiman, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
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The officer in the tan beanie repeatedly hits Pretti in the head with the pepper spray canister.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Trump has criticized Powell repeatedly during his first year back in the White House ‒ threatening to try to fire him from the board of the independent agency ‒ for refusing to lower interest rates.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Games seem to be perpetually expanding.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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Farmers week often brings out the rain, wind and fog in a place most people think of as perpetually sunny and 72.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But unlike that cinematic predecessor, in which the pursuer took the form of a variety of strangers, here, the stalker invariably appears as the victim’s crush.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Oscars cap their nominees at five per category (with the exception of best picture), leading, invariably, to some surprises and omissions — some egregious, some understandable.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The Cross-Functional Peer This person is someone at your same professional level but in a department that your team works with constantly.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lobotka is constantly processing.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Sheer deliciousness is eternally relevant.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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For that, his teammates — and the Niners’ massive fan base, most of which did not gain entry into The Linc — will remain eternally grateful.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The first is a perennially hard-to-find, shiny currency with a store of value, the second is an easier-to-find, less beautiful industrial metal with some jewelry use.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Harbaugh, in 18 years, won a Super Bowl, and the Ravens were perennially in the playoff picture, but his inability to beat a Steelers’ squad in a game in which his tight end dropped a two-point conversion, and his rookie kicker missed the game-winning field goal, was the breaking point.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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New uses are continually being devised.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Since then, TxDOT has continually sent fleets of trucks to plow main thoroughfares like Central Expressway in Richardson on Monday night and Highway 287 in Decatur earlier in the day.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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For more than 25 years, the orbital outpost has been occupied without interruption by a continuously rotating crew of intrepid explorers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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