CURSORILY Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

cursorily

adverb

Definition of cursorily

as in hastily

with excessive or careless speed cursorily glanced over the report before tossing it to one side

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However, companies that hastily replaced human judgment with AI are now facing the cost of rehiring, learning that AI is a task replacer, not a complete human substitute, requiring careful integration and supervision.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation want the state and feds to confirm in federal court that the controversial immigration detention center hastily erected in the Everglades has permanently closed and will not reopen.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

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Mediators of the deal, led by Pakistan and Qatar, will almost certainly now be hurriedly trying to get the agreement back on the rails.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Was the hurriedly outfitted 747 more vulnerable to threats from Iran, which shares a border with Turkey, and which Trump had just threatened to strike again?

— Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026

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After midnight may be becoming the new prime time for online shopping, especially for Gen Zers, who impulsively overspend during those hours more than any other age groups, a new survey showed.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
The two were married twice — the second time officially in a Los Angeles courthouse, the first time impulsively (and unofficially) in a tiny Las Vegas ceremony, which had only cost them $799, per Cosmopolitan.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

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