as in miserably
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Recent Examples of dismally
But for now, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer remains at a dismally low 13%, according to the American Cancer Society.
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Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
12 May 2026
The assets performed dismally in March but rebounded in April.
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Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
The Sierra Nevada mountains were replenished after seeing a dismally low snowpack to start the year, and snow even temporarily closed Yosemite National Park.
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Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
In this regard, ICE and the federal government have failed dismally.
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The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
12 May 2026
The assets performed dismally in March but rebounded in April.
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Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
The Sierra Nevada mountains were replenished after seeing a dismally low snowpack to start the year, and snow even temporarily closed Yosemite National Park.
—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
In this regard, ICE and the federal government have failed dismally.
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The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismally
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The second involves a woman who had inherited her father's company and was running it competently, dutifully — and miserably.
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The 2025 season ended miserably on all fronts for Johnson.
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Adaptations of the Odyssey are always fleshy affairs, with half-naked men lying happily or forlornly on beaches.
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War of the Worlds star Ice Cube now has another reason to stare forlornly at his computer.
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The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.
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The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant.
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Three of the four arrived soberly dressed, one of them, Hodgkin, in a black suit, folded his arms and stared glumly ahead.
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People can be seen running along the top of the bus and sitting on the front bumper as the driver stares glumly ahead from inside windows tagged with graffiti.
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Makeup highlights for the actress continued the punk edge, with bold brows, darkly lined eyes and a neutral, glossy lip by artist Tyron Machhausen.
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Netflix also has a pair of strong four-hour adaptations in the harrowing Lord of the Flies and the darkly comic political tragedy of Death by Lightning.
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Take, for example, Keanu Reeves, who was memeified after a photo of the actor sullenly eating a sandwich went viral.
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Like a fisherman left empty-handed after a heavy pull at her line, the woman sullenly took Sam’s picture.
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Then there is the steady stream of profiles on tech billionaires joylessly devoting themselves to maximizing their lifespan.
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The Vietnam War and Watergate had spawned a paralyzing sense of national distrust, and New Hollywood had reflected that reality beautifully but pessimistically.
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For example, professors Morana Koludrovic and Franceska Delija at the University of Split in Croatia also make the point, more pessimistically, however, that the young can no longer learn from the old, not with all the changes in technology and media.
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“Dismally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismally. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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