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as in crazily
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as in unwisely
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Recent Examples of foolishly
The Raiders once famously (and foolishly) took a victory lap around GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium after defeating the Chiefs.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Both entities foolishly used the largesse to substantially expand their unionized staffs and now don’t have the revenue base to support those higher costs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Both entities foolishly used the largesse to substantially expand their unionized staffs and now don’t have the revenue base to support those higher costs.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foolishly
Adverb
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That seems like a crazily low number of songs.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Guessing crazily at the future, the gambler is granted, briefly, the gift of now.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Advertisement Even in regions without dams, farmers pumped recklessly from unmonitored wells.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Edelman’s job was to contain any returner who might break outside instead of pursuing the kickoff as fast and recklessly as possible downfield.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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Social media companies, from Meta to X, have largely abandoned any attempt at moderating content on their platforms, having previously (albeit inadequately) attempted some form of fact-checking and take-downs of incendiary material and flagrant disinformation.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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For most of the nearly 20% of kindergartners who haven’t had their full schedule of shots, their families have never requested an exemption; the children are simply inadequately immunized.—
Jason Kane,
NBC news,
15 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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The liberals who were also racist or sexist or spoke about groups of people in hateful ways were human beings who were insufficiently reflective of what their liberalism entailed.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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Nitrate film stock, which was used in the industry from the eighteen-nineties to the mid-twentieth century, and which was responsible for many of the most beautiful movies on record, is also insanely flammable.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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And the tickets are insanely expensive.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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The new majority on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors intends to imprudently balance its operating budget by monkeying with its reserve structure and reducing its size.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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If a right-leaning extremist commits an act of violence — or if a Republican is brazenly corrupt — then the response is different.—
David French,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the tech company behind the data center sees a way to manipulate public opinion in its favor with a conspiracy of its own, a far-reaching and brazenly destructive one.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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Despite all that’s at stake, the project came together impulsively.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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After taking stock of his personal and professional choices, relationships and the legacy he is set to leave behind, Jay Kelly impulsively sets off on a whirlwind adventure through Europe with Ron, who is deeply embedded in his life.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Foolishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foolishly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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