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Recent Examples of chronically
Beautiful Disaster’s first half alternates the pleasures of chronically online brainrot and good ol’ fashioned blackouts, but its second half falls short.
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Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
Senate Committee on Education and Youth meets to discuss Senate Bill 513, which would allow for districts to send information to the Department of Driver Services on chronically absent students seeking instruction permits.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The film unfolds across two timelines, 2009 and 2025, centering on a chronically online college dropout and an underage OnlyFans streamer who are contacted by the same mysterious stalker.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
When your breath becomes shallow or chronically upper-chest-oriented, rib movement diminishes further.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Thousands of kids from neighborhoods zoned to chronically underperforming district schools sit on charter school wait lists.
—Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Many others are chronically underperforming Title 1 schools, with high volumes of students coming from economically disadvantaged families, ranking among the nation’s worst.
—Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Dementia risk goes up by 40%, diabetes risk goes up 35% from being chronically lonely.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee joined housing leaders on Friday to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new four-story development called The Cielo that offers 99 units of permanent supportive housing to chronically homeless and homeless individuals.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
Senate Committee on Education and Youth meets to discuss Senate Bill 513, which would allow for districts to send information to the Department of Driver Services on chronically absent students seeking instruction permits.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The film unfolds across two timelines, 2009 and 2025, centering on a chronically online college dropout and an underage OnlyFans streamer who are contacted by the same mysterious stalker.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
When your breath becomes shallow or chronically upper-chest-oriented, rib movement diminishes further.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Thousands of kids from neighborhoods zoned to chronically underperforming district schools sit on charter school wait lists.
—Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Many others are chronically underperforming Title 1 schools, with high volumes of students coming from economically disadvantaged families, ranking among the nation’s worst.
—Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Dementia risk goes up by 40%, diabetes risk goes up 35% from being chronically lonely.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee joined housing leaders on Friday to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new four-story development called The Cielo that offers 99 units of permanent supportive housing to chronically homeless and homeless individuals.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
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The prosecutors and the defense team became heated with one another repeatedly over the evidence, witness scheduling and lines of questioning.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Iran’s leaders have repeatedly threatened to intervene more forcefully to choke off oil supplies; regime change there could have a similar outcome, if the resulting internal turmoil disrupts production.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Created by and starring Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, the project began in 2007 as a mockumentary series about two best friends perpetually trying (and failing) to land a gig at Toronto music venue the Rivoli – despite having never written or recorded a song in their lives.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Moe was a three-time All-Star over a five-year career that ended early because of his perpetually ailing knees.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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On the closing track, her mourning is tempered with the wisdom that grief is, invariably, the flipside of love.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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Biographers invariably describe Jackson as feeling lonely and different as a child.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Viewers voted to create teams for every major round of the competition, which meant the trainees were constantly reassembled into new lineups, with low-ranking contestants eliminated.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Education officials constantly press for more state spending, which is governed by complicated formulas in a 1988 ballot measure, Proposition 98.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In this scenario, the structures of the Universe wouldn’t dissociate and accelerate away from each other, but would instead be eternally reachable to a fast enough observer within the Universe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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Shot with devotion by DP Hélène Louvart, frame after frame looks like it’s been ripped from the pages of a fashion magazine that someone like Anna might occupy herself with, eternally bored by the rich comforts that their prison-like home provides.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Nursing homes are perennially understaffed at night.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
16 Feb. 2026
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This is a perennially popular bachelorette trip destination), a visit to Puerto Rico will always exceed expectations.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This is the same woman who platformed Moritz and who continually chooses the security money affords.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Members of the organization’s player development and scouting staffs scoff at such rankings and point to their continually finding ways to flip minor leaguers for major league talent.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Feb. 2026
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The device, a small, hexagonal silicone sensor worn on a patient’s chest, continuously tracked vital signs such as heart rate, temperature and breathing patterns.—
Hilke Schellmann,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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