as in inherently
by natural character or ability
I'm afraid that I'm constitutionally incapable of carrying a tune
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Recent Examples of constitutionally
After 1965, when African Americans’ right to vote was constitutionally recognized, the meanness continued.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
Missouri is constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget, meaning the state must continue to pull from a rainy day fund that’s been buoyed by years of pandemic-era federal relief.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Men’s Central Jail needs to be replaced with a modern, constitutionally compliant facility that provides real mental health and substance abuse treatment, not abandoned and forgotten while people die inside.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Congress is constitutionally obligated to check the executive through the power of the purse, legislation, and rigorous oversight.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
Missouri is constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget, meaning the state must continue to pull from a rainy day fund that’s been buoyed by years of pandemic-era federal relief.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Men’s Central Jail needs to be replaced with a modern, constitutionally compliant facility that provides real mental health and substance abuse treatment, not abandoned and forgotten while people die inside.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Congress is constitutionally obligated to check the executive through the power of the purse, legislation, and rigorous oversight.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constitutionally
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Instead, it was premised on a trendy new antitrust philosophy that reflexively views any corporate consolidation as inherently suspicious, regardless of any impacts on prices.—
Alexander Ciccone,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Though Savage’s silence is shocking in the context of imagining these people all working together as children, blocking someone’s number is not an inherently violent action.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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Borderlandia also leads hikes along the Santa Cruz River to trace the Anza expedition, the 1775 trek that fundamentally shaped the American West.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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The technology is drawing increasing interest because axial flux motors are fundamentally different from conventional radial-flux designs.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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“Constitutionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constitutionally. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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