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Recent Examples of critically
Two people were hurt, one of them critically, when two Dallas police officers exchanged gunfire Monday night with a gunman, who was inside the bathroom of a Red Bird-area apartment, authorities said during a late-night news conference.
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Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Shortly after college, he was critically injured in a car accident.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Watching together gives parents a chance to support kids in thinking critically about social dynamics and how to respond with kindness and courage.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Feb. 2026
While forming a global network of thinkers, the IPS has developed over the past five years to critically examine the material, discursive, and aesthetic scope of everything that might fall under the heading of postnatural.
—Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Disciplinary procedure documents shared with the Washington Examiner show that Goldis received several warnings from her higher-ups to stop speaking critically about the PGM sector.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. 2026
Garrith Jamieson, spokesperson for the private paramedic service ALS Paramedics, told The Associated Press that 11 were dead and several people were critically injured, including the driver of the minibus, who was trapped in the wreckage.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
One child was critically injured and was taken to a trauma center by helicopter.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The movie was critically panned but did modestly well at the box office, a template that more or less defines the Ratner experience.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Shortly after college, he was critically injured in a car accident.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Watching together gives parents a chance to support kids in thinking critically about social dynamics and how to respond with kindness and courage.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Feb. 2026
While forming a global network of thinkers, the IPS has developed over the past five years to critically examine the material, discursive, and aesthetic scope of everything that might fall under the heading of postnatural.
—Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Disciplinary procedure documents shared with the Washington Examiner show that Goldis received several warnings from her higher-ups to stop speaking critically about the PGM sector.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. 2026
Garrith Jamieson, spokesperson for the private paramedic service ALS Paramedics, told The Associated Press that 11 were dead and several people were critically injured, including the driver of the minibus, who was trapped in the wreckage.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
One child was critically injured and was taken to a trauma center by helicopter.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The movie was critically panned but did modestly well at the box office, a template that more or less defines the Ratner experience.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for critically
Adverb
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Nylander was a difference-maker in his first game back from injury in over two weeks, both positively and negatively.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The barely disguised soullessness with which AI leaders operate, perhaps, has provided a window for entrepreneurs to peddle a more humane message, in good faith or not in good faith, naively or cynically.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
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Fairly or unfairly, genuinely or cynically, questions about Mamdani and Israel—and Palestine, and Jews, and faith, and war, and peace—appear likely to continue.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Of the respondents, 25% view unions unfavorably with another 27% neutral and 1% having never heard of unions.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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Indiana and Oregon on consecutive weeks in October sets up unfavorably for Matt Rhule’s fourth Nebraska team.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump wrote, referring disparagingly to its defense capabilities under Denmark.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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Fatsis quotes a Britannica editor comparing Wikipedia, disparagingly, to a public rest room—a comparison that’s not entirely wrong.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Critically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critically. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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