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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraneously
Adverb
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My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025 -
Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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In productions large or small — or, here, imperfectly in-between, though still glorious — everything is the service of the show that creates with words, music and movement a grand American tapestry — tears and all.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Godwin is a prime representative of how, for many 2026 Stagecoach performers, success represents an imperfectly perfect full-circle moment.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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And now, my younger brother who was senselessly murdered 2 days ago.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Someone tried to senselessly end her life, yet now thousands of people are cheering for her and celebrating every milestone.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
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Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed.—
Maria Shriver,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Extraneously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraneously. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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