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Recent Examples of chronically
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
Education and health experts also emphasize family engagement, community relationships, extracurricular activities and outdoor recreation are potential solutions for chronically absent students.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Six of the 10 most competitive housing markets in the country are in the Northeast, per Zillow’s 2026 analysis, a region where new construction has chronically lagged and inventory deficits run deepest.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 June 2026
About 46% of Black students were chronically absent, and nearly 10% had been suspended.
—Uc Berkeley, Mercury News, 15 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
More than 64,000 people in California are chronically homeless, with 71% of them living without a shelter, according to the latest HUD report.
—Philip Wang, Time, 9 June 2026
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Education and health experts also emphasize family engagement, community relationships, extracurricular activities and outdoor recreation are potential solutions for chronically absent students.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Six of the 10 most competitive housing markets in the country are in the Northeast, per Zillow’s 2026 analysis, a region where new construction has chronically lagged and inventory deficits run deepest.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 June 2026
About 46% of Black students were chronically absent, and nearly 10% had been suspended.
—Uc Berkeley, Mercury News, 15 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
More than 64,000 people in California are chronically homeless, with 71% of them living without a shelter, according to the latest HUD report.
—Philip Wang, Time, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
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Authorities said Reyes repeatedly approached the girl and asked for her phone number.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Police have repeatedly said additional law enforcement officers were brought in so World Cup security would not interfere with normal policing operations.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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At the same time, that quote and Ruth’s attitude also implies that nothing can be done to extinguish the fire in the perpetually burning building.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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And before the perpetually whiny and moronic peanut gallery says that sports teams have special nights all the time, that’s true, but celebrating heritage, or veterans who fought and died for this country is just an eency weency bit different than force-feeding the gay agenda at a ball game!—
Tomi Lahren OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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Hockney’s paintings and drawings, as well as his later photo collages and digital works, invariably had a playful, exploratory, interrogative relationship with perspective, light, scale, framing, rendering—the basic components of picture-making.—
Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
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When Cantor wasn’t pretending to call a game or singing Rod Stewart hits, Petruska said talk invariably turned to dreams and aspirations.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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The device is constantly checking for leaks, updating the display every 15 seconds.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
17 June 2026
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Outside constantly, obsessed with animals, collecting and hatching eggs, teaching ducklings to swim.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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In fact, the biggest challenge facing any live production now is that the main point of comparison is the 1965 film version, with Julie Andrews’ incomparable voice eternally setting the bar for the show’s greatest hits.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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For others, the salary cap proposal demonstrates pure greed from owners who are all fabulously wealthy yet perennially crying poor.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
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Globally, Zurich and Vienna are also slow-growing but perennially top quality-of-life and investment rankings.—
Christopher Briem,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Nolan says caregivers should continually return to what matters most to the patient when weighing options.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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The pastor’s initiative proved so popular that the church began distributing feed sacks to well-off homes, so Boston housewives could continually set aside castoffs for donation.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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How the Living Eye Drops Work The Pitt team engineered Corynebacterium mastitidis, a benign microbe that already resides under the eyelid, to continuously secrete interleukin-10 (IL-10), a small protein that regulates inflammation.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
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This environment is continuously unlocking new pathways to discovering and solving problems, and the very tools of science itself are transforming in unprecedented ways.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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