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Adverb
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This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The study’s authors also stated that the bodies were mummified artificially by smoking the remains over fire for an extended period of time.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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Stage one is often abetted by venture capital, as in the case of Uber, which in its early days kept its ride prices artificially low.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Kazakevich’s lawyers argued that prosecutors were falsely painting their client as a dangerous man and a potential flight risk.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Mormons have also sometimes been falsely stereotyped as being polygamists because some of their early founders and members were, but the group banned polygamy in 1890.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Lamb suffered the injury on a carry out of the backfield, and his ankle could be seen on the broadcast being unnaturally bent back.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Sep. 2025
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And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Italian dessert zabaglione is a deceptively easy thing.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Lit Faux Red Berry Branch Adding a decorative and seasonal accent to your autumnal decor lineup is less of a sticker shock this year thanks to a nearly half-off faux red berry branch that lights up yet looks deceptively real.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But they are not often confronted so artfully.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The only scuffing—on shop doors, on the walls of the Métro—had been artfully painted on to make the scenery look appropriately aged.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Hypocritically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocritically. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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