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Recent Examples of disastrously
They can be done imperfectly without being done disastrously.
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Leslie John, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, the dogs were trained using Soviet tanks, and their first combat deployment ended disastrously.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
The decision on the next chief executive at Disney comes almost four years after the company’s choice to replace Iger went disastrously, forcing Iger back into the job.
—Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Any attempt to discipline Romero could backfire disastrously and have a negative impact on the dressing room dynamic, not to mention how badly fans would likely react.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
In retaliating against the Union, TSG decided to disastrously impact its employees, its guests, local businesses, and our community.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
Scientists have debated how much unnatural warming — built up in greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels — is likely to tip us into disastrously unmanageable weather systems.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
For example, when OpenAI's ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and quickly went viral, Google hastily and disastrously stood up Gemini.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Two, how is a glass jar of fig jam supposed to plummet from its shelf without cracking disastrously before retrieval?
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Leslie John, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, the dogs were trained using Soviet tanks, and their first combat deployment ended disastrously.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
The decision on the next chief executive at Disney comes almost four years after the company’s choice to replace Iger went disastrously, forcing Iger back into the job.
—Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Any attempt to discipline Romero could backfire disastrously and have a negative impact on the dressing room dynamic, not to mention how badly fans would likely react.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
In retaliating against the Union, TSG decided to disastrously impact its employees, its guests, local businesses, and our community.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
Scientists have debated how much unnatural warming — built up in greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels — is likely to tip us into disastrously unmanageable weather systems.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
For example, when OpenAI's ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and quickly went viral, Google hastily and disastrously stood up Gemini.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
Two, how is a glass jar of fig jam supposed to plummet from its shelf without cracking disastrously before retrieval?
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disastrously
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How many soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen and innocent bystanders must die or be horribly wounded to satisfy our hubris?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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After ruling for more than 25 years, Aegon died, along with Dunk, during a catastrophic fire at the Targaryen vacation palace of Summerhall in what’s suggested to be a ritual to revive dragon eggs gone horribly wrong.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In a world gone terribly wrong and sideways, humanity survives.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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If that version of the fable hasn’t aged terribly well, an item in The Wall Street Journal this week elicited a few nervous squeals from some the NFL’s TV partners.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Shin Godzilla, written and directed by Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame, comes the closest because it’s inspired by its own all-too-recent tragedy and feels dreadfully specific in its metaphor.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But the combination of naked ambition, absence of cynicism, and a sunny disposition seemed awfully suspicious.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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The dollars per share can be awfully confusing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Despite the robotic-like confidence coming from the Kremlin’s top policymakers and propagandists, the Russian army’s territorial gains over the last year have been abysmally small.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four months after his death, a handful of late 1960s recordings Marley and the Wailers cut for American soul singer Johnny Nash and his business partner, Danny Sims, were rushed out on a slapdash compilation, abysmally titled Chances Are–the first cash-in of many to come.—
Eric Harvey,
Pitchfork,
18 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Poor sleep affects everyone Ninety-five percent of all caregivers agreed that good sleep is essential to overall family function, and nearly 80% said their own sleep suffers when their child sleeps poorly, the poll found.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ground-penetrating radar can detect nonmetallic objects but performs poorly in wet or uneven terrain, or ground covered by vegetation, and often generates high false-alarm rates.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And much of the story of Beyond the Pale is Nicholas’s ultimate break with his father, which came when the elder Mosley ran for office in 1959 and Nicholas witnessed his father making horrifically racist appeals to the electorate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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The book explains the world order as three despotic governments that horrifically dominate their citizens, control their respective satellite allies and are always at war.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Disastrously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disastrously. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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