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Recent Examples of inadvertently
The article identifies five common phrases leaders use that inadvertently damage morale.
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Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The company is worried that outputs from rival models could inadvertently seep into its own training data, a practice known as distillation that may violate Claude and Codex usage agreements.
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Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
The sisters sort of inadvertently launched the brand when Ashley was trying to design the perfect T-shirt.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 June 2026
The final proof was provided, inadvertently, by Platts-Mills.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Advertisement But the recent surge of new groups has confused CEOs, donors, and other key constituencies by pursuing often wildly divergent messages and contradictory agendas, inadvertently establishing circular firing squads, undermining unity, and siphoning resources from credible expert voices.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
The Athletics’ Zack Gelof left the game in the bottom of the second with a right hand laceration and contusion after Matt Chapman inadvertently spiked his hand trying to stretch a single into a double.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
But Chapman inadvertently stepped on Gelof’s right hand as the second baseman was applying the tag with his glove hand.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
That comes after Ukraine hit an oil facility on the outskirts of Moscow last week – a large attack that Russian air defenses scrambled to respond to, and during which a Russian defense missile appeared to miss its target and inadvertently blow the lid off an oil storage tank.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The company is worried that outputs from rival models could inadvertently seep into its own training data, a practice known as distillation that may violate Claude and Codex usage agreements.
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Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
The sisters sort of inadvertently launched the brand when Ashley was trying to design the perfect T-shirt.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 June 2026
The final proof was provided, inadvertently, by Platts-Mills.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Advertisement But the recent surge of new groups has confused CEOs, donors, and other key constituencies by pursuing often wildly divergent messages and contradictory agendas, inadvertently establishing circular firing squads, undermining unity, and siphoning resources from credible expert voices.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
The Athletics’ Zack Gelof left the game in the bottom of the second with a right hand laceration and contusion after Matt Chapman inadvertently spiked his hand trying to stretch a single into a double.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
But Chapman inadvertently stepped on Gelof’s right hand as the second baseman was applying the tag with his glove hand.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
That comes after Ukraine hit an oil facility on the outskirts of Moscow last week – a large attack that Russian air defenses scrambled to respond to, and during which a Russian defense missile appeared to miss its target and inadvertently blow the lid off an oil storage tank.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvertently
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The investigation revealed Damarion accidentally shot Jonah inside the residence, per the three outlets.
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Initially on Thursday, Newburyport officials said 60,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally dumped into the river in Haverhill, which is upstream.
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Over the ensuing centuries, well-meaning conservators applied glue to prevent paint from flaking away, unwittingly speeding the frescoes’ deterioration.
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But most canoeists unwittingly pass right over them.
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Another early closer – this specialty production, in which a rotating cast of celebrities read the (supposedly) unintentionally funny memoirs of other celebrities, was planned for a summer-long run, but audience lack of interest and critics’ lack of luster reviews put the kibosh on that.
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Immigration attorneys warn that errors in those documents can be legally significant and that individuals who sign forms without fully understanding their implications could unintentionally waive important rights or limit their ability to challenge deportation.
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Psychologists Elaine Hatfield, John Cacioppo and Richard Rapson described a process called emotional contagion, in which emotional states are unconsciously transmitted between people.
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When ear met in 2024 at transfer student orientation at Bard, both were emerging from their own antisocial caves, unconsciously looking for their other half.
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Dean Fleischer Camp directed the film, which was originally meant to stream on Disney+, but fortuitously, things changed and, in 2024, the film was given a theatrical release.
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Some folks in the band’s organization initially wanted to partner with a big beer company, but fortuitously, somebody countered idea with Dogfish Head.
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Officials said activities connected to people ‒ from fireworks to carelessly discarded cigarettes ‒ have sparked 75% of wildfires in Utah in 2026.
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Under a new Douglas County ordinance, illegally operating an OHV, driving one carelessly or recklessly, and not wearing a helmet if under 18 could land you with up to a $1,000 fine.
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“Inadvertently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvertently. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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