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Recent Examples of grossly
The scientists found that the problem has been grossly underestimated and urgently requires better urban planning and infrastructure to address it.
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New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
She and Sollecito were exonerated and released after four years in prison following an appeal, where the court found that Italian authorities had grossly mishandled the case.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
The State Police proved to be grossly misogynistic with a bias toward convicting her.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
The three, from Southern California, were arrested and booked into Mono County Jail on suspicion of willful discharge of a firearm in a grossly negligent manner, a felony.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
The program has been grossly abused by big consulting firms and used by tech companies and others to simply cut costs, rather than bring in top talent.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
He was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of assault with a firearm, shooting at an inhabited building and willfully discharging a firearm in a grossly negilgent manner.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The clean tech sector's frenzied growth during Biden-era policy has slowed but, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise are grossly exaggerated.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
In 2008, a slight majority of state voters were persuaded by Schwarzenegger’s hard sell and a grossly dishonest official ballot argument to provide just under $10 billion in bond seed money for a $43 billion statewide bullet-train system that they were told would be complete by 2020.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
She and Sollecito were exonerated and released after four years in prison following an appeal, where the court found that Italian authorities had grossly mishandled the case.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
The State Police proved to be grossly misogynistic with a bias toward convicting her.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
The three, from Southern California, were arrested and booked into Mono County Jail on suspicion of willful discharge of a firearm in a grossly negligent manner, a felony.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
The program has been grossly abused by big consulting firms and used by tech companies and others to simply cut costs, rather than bring in top talent.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
He was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of assault with a firearm, shooting at an inhabited building and willfully discharging a firearm in a grossly negilgent manner.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The clean tech sector's frenzied growth during Biden-era policy has slowed but, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise are grossly exaggerated.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
In 2008, a slight majority of state voters were persuaded by Schwarzenegger’s hard sell and a grossly dishonest official ballot argument to provide just under $10 billion in bond seed money for a $43 billion statewide bullet-train system that they were told would be complete by 2020.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossly
Adverb
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Apple is late to the party on implementing WebGL, but not egregiously so.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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In North Carolina, as in other Southern states, newspapers in the Jim Crow era often egregiously exaggerated stories about Black criminality.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Despite Chinese law setting a 44-hour workweek limit and requiring overtime compensation, numerous companies flagrantly ignored these rules.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The decoy tactic failed miserably, says Zutterman.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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But the new study found that community notes are failing miserably.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Grossly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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