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Recent Examples of hunky-dory This means that when AI gives you an answer that the AI portrays for example as fully aboveboard and hunky-dory, the reality is that the response is bound to be a lot shakier than you are being led to believe. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 All seems hunky-dory until another car speeds onto the scene, plowing into Carol and Milo. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024 Ah, if only all of life’s temptations had an expiration date after which all would be hunky-dory. R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024 But all was not completely hunky-dory at the station. Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024 From the outside, everything looks hunky-dory at Theatre Three. Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023 These were not announcements Belichick would make on his own if everything were hunky-dory down in Foxborough. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023 McFaul argues that differences between individual leaders explain Russia’s alternating policies of cooperation and confrontation: everything is hunky-dory when Dmitry Medvedev is president, but trouble comes when Putin takes charge. Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunky-dory
Adjective
  • Thankfully, the most recent accident was less serious, and Sabrina and their unborn child were ultimately okay.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Today, New York’s governor signed an executive order to allow pharmacists to prescribe and administer COVID-19 vaccines, even without ACIP’s okay.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • New Jersey's finest, Joe and Melissa Gorga, also showed up and showed out.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The brand’s categories include women’s ready-to-wear, shoes, bags, accessories and fine jewelry at contemporary price points.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Santana's first two months in his age-39 campaign were alright, but the bottom quickly fell out.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But your girl is gonna be alright.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Hunky-dory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunky-dory. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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