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Adverb
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Shamet was fitfully productive when played in meaningful spot minutes during the postseason for New York last year.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025 -
This book is a stylish pastiche, as an unnamed woman fitfully reconstructs herself under the thumb of a strange man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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With green shoots that have pink bases, purple flowers appear in early spring and intermittently the rest of the season.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Showers and thunderstorms will continue intermittently through the evening.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Or behaving unpredictably and expecting acceptance.—
Lauren Rothery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The mobiles are Rower’s untamable creatures, swinging close to heads, shaking and shimmering unpredictably.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The way children unconsciously cover walls in their passions.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sales teams unconsciously memorize product specs between REM cycles.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Live ants carry the risk of parasites, while freezing or dehydrating the insects can unintentionally allow harmful bacteria to flourish.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Leaders should evaluate whether their clinical spaces support deep healing or unintentionally frustrate it.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And their luck might not change anytime soon, with Beijing ramping up its reliance on South America — inadvertently aided the US Treasury’s financial lifeline provided to Argentina in recent weeks.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The President is dead, and Kate’s husband Hal (Sewell) may have inadvertently killed him.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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As the diplomats in New York recognized, contrary to the claims of Smotrich—and some left-wing critics who have unwittingly accepted his framing—the presence of settlers is not an existential threat to the possibility of territorial compromise.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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Toklas filled in the blanks for him, sometimes unwittingly.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Despite being the spontaneous, happy-go-lucky friend in the group chat, saying yes to a friend’s get-together could lead to you accidentally having to be in three places at once.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Midway through the third quarter, the three-time WNBA champion headed to the locker room after Sims accidentally stepped on her foot.—
Frank Nunns O'Connell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Disjointedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjointedly. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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