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Recent Examples of chronically
About 65% of people experiencing homelessness in Yolo County were considered chronically homeless.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Chronic stress can lead to damage to the arteries and chronically high blood pressure, and the risk of heart attack and stroke increases with chronically high blood pressure.
—Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026
Segura’s appointment also followed a Times investigation into extreme heat’s deadly toll, which found that California chronically undercounts heat deaths, and that heat impacts disproportionately affect poorer neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Jane Wickline also debuts a new song, which straddles a defense of being chronically late and an outright defiance of the idea of being on time.
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 10 May 2026
But this announcement does not fix the way pediatric and orphan devices chronically lag behind their adult counterparts.
—Kolaleh Eskandanian, STAT, 8 May 2026
Investing in community schools and attendance counselors has proven to make a difference in getting chronically absent students back in the classroom, but much work remains to be done.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
In Chicago, roughly 40% of teachers were chronically absent last year — another signal that connection and belonging matter for adults, as well.
—Arne Duncan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Chronic stress can lead to damage to the arteries and chronically high blood pressure, and the risk of heart attack and stroke increases with chronically high blood pressure.
—Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026
Segura’s appointment also followed a Times investigation into extreme heat’s deadly toll, which found that California chronically undercounts heat deaths, and that heat impacts disproportionately affect poorer neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Jane Wickline also debuts a new song, which straddles a defense of being chronically late and an outright defiance of the idea of being on time.
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 10 May 2026
But this announcement does not fix the way pediatric and orphan devices chronically lag behind their adult counterparts.
—Kolaleh Eskandanian, STAT, 8 May 2026
Investing in community schools and attendance counselors has proven to make a difference in getting chronically absent students back in the classroom, but much work remains to be done.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
In Chicago, roughly 40% of teachers were chronically absent last year — another signal that connection and belonging matter for adults, as well.
—Arne Duncan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
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James Ward Thursday night’s California governor debate underscored just how unsettled — and contentious — the race has become, with candidates repeatedly clashing over crime, election integrity, reproductive rights, and the balance of power between state and local government.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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But, but, but … Steyer seems to be the most committed environmentalist of the bunch, despite, as his opponents repeatedly point out, having made part of his fortune investing in fossil fuel and coal companies and private prisons.—
Robin Abcarian,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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Never committing to any one character’s point of view, Balagov and Stepnova’s script freewheels in meandering but mostly disarming fashion between these strands, with an errant storytelling rhythm aptly reflective of lives that are at once static and in perpetually unproductive motion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The ringleader of the larcenous group is 17-year-old Kyle (Georgie Farmer, Wednesday), with his perpetually online cohorts being Petey (James Scholz), Sid (Roman Hayeck Green) and Alex (Yasmin Finney, Heartstopper, Doctor Who).—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Adverb
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For 35 years, it’s been gathering some of the area’s best theatrical talent for almost invariably outstanding productions that are presented in prisons and places devoted to helping people with disabilities, addiction and mental health issues, and helping new Americans adjust to life in Minnesota.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Investors are also constantly comparing bond yields to potential stock market returns.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
Adverb
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Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Once teased for their transness, Little Death is now eternally doomed to the bottom of the lake at Camp Tivoli when not seasonally resurfacing to kill horny teenagers (and, of course, doomed to be reincarnated in endless sequels).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Adverb
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Xi warned Trump on the perennially thorny issue of Taiwan, which the US president also vowed to raise, but neither side has pointed to a clear step forward.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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Analysts perennially rank the Angels’ farm system among baseball’s worst.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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His long, productive career encompassed more than six decades, in each of which his live performances and recordings continually attested to his preeminence as one of jazz history’s most vital, innovative and influential artists.—
Don Heckman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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Long-term resilience requires investing upstream in prevention rather than continually paying for failure downstream.—
Richard McCathron,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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Jumping from one idea to another, from one flavor of the month to the next, there seems to be no clarity, consistency or essential golden thread to Harry and Meghan’s work, although Meghan, known as the 24-carat master rebrander, is continuously rebranding herself.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Rather than relying solely on generic large language models, Glean tailors products like its AI agents to each company, continuously ingesting data from across workplace tools, such as emails, chats, documents, and internal tickets, to create a real-time map of how work happens within that company.—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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