glancingly

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Recent Examples of glancingly The OpenAI blog posts touch glancingly on this topic, gesturing toward the worry that parents may have about their kids using ChatGPT too much and developing too intense of a relationship with it. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glancingly
Adverb
  • That means restaurant servers will not be able to deduct service charges that some restaurants automatically apply to diners’ checks.
    Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Marks believes that investor optimism doesn’t automatically signal irrational exuberance.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Instead of haphazardly stuffing them into your nightstand drawer, place them in a whimsical Hay tin container.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lots of fly-by-night import shops sprang up, happy to rubber-stamp any Mercedes with a catalytic converter haphazardly welded under the floorboards.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Suspect Keon King, 21, was arrested Tuesday night and also faces a charge of recklessly endangering another person and use of a communication facility, meaning his phone, in the disappearance of Kada Scott, prosecutors said.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But, by pleading guilty to third-degree assault, Ramos admitted to knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury, Azmoudeh said.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • After a dust-up with Ted over the local grocery store’s adherence to the state’s mask mandate, Joe impulsively announces his rival candidacy for mayor of Eddington, and tensions eventually boil over to the point of deadly violence.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Raina is ecstatic at the news that Sergius has impulsively led a cavalry charge that resulted in heavy losses on his side.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Glancingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glancingly. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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