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
None of these cities will be as powerless as DC, constitutionally barred from a vote in the House or Senate.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The move would make Florida the first state to end a longstanding – and constitutionally upheld – practice of requiring certain vaccines for school students.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The inconvenience this causes should be enough to upset Americans, let alone the fact that these are constitutionally dubious.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Dabrowski has been a regular critic of the state’s underfunded public employee pension system, proposing constitutionally questionable ways to end it.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The move would make Florida the first state to end a longstanding – and constitutionally upheld – practice of requiring certain vaccines for school students.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The inconvenience this causes should be enough to upset Americans, let alone the fact that these are constitutionally dubious.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Dabrowski has been a regular critic of the state’s underfunded public employee pension system, proposing constitutionally questionable ways to end it.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constitutionally
Adverb
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The difficult truth is that hurricanes are complex beasts, inherently difficult to boil down into a single number.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2025
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Since its inception, the film industry in America has reduced the sacred Black spiritual traditions of the enslaved to fodder for horror stories, portraying our magic as inherently chaotic, dangerous, and even evil.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Both Republicans and Democrats right now wonder, has something fundamentally switched?—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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But every season is its own journey, and these Chiefs are facing some fundamentally different challenges on the path back to a playoff berth.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
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