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Recent Examples of insincerely
This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincerely
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Rent control artificially sets the price of rent below market value, disincentivizing additional investment in housing that’s desperately needed.—
Albert R. Wynn,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2026
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The New York Times is cheering them on, opining in a recent editorial that artificially raising the prices of legal cannabis through higher taxes and fees will dissuade adults from consuming it.—
Paul Armentano,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some of the earliest sculptures ever depict naked women with unnaturally exaggerated breasts, hips and pubic triangles, but scholars still disagree about how to interpret them.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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The water is actually unnaturally clear because more than 400 trillion invasive Black Sea quagga mussels have taken over the bottom of the lake.—
Theodore J. Karamanski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The longtime officer falsely told investigators that another person was at the wheel before the multivehicle crash that killed a pedestrian, records show.—
Chase Rogers,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Mamdani hit back at Tuberville’s jibe, which falsely suggested that Mamdani or Muslims support terrorism.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Additional uses of geolocation data, the providers say, include proving a bettor is dishonestly disputing credit card charges, revealing sign-up bonus abuse or showing that someone is illegally making proxy wagers across state lines.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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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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To help fill their coffers even more, the lobbyists deceitfully expanded the definition of those notch years to include everyone born through 1926.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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But through no fault of the actress, the film starts to sag as Erika morphs from intoxicating vixen to deceitfully manipulative monster.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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In the end, people will always crave new, artfully told stories.—
Holly Willis,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Penelope Cruz has embraced the artfully overgrown bang for years and this Chanel-ready styling — replete with bouffant and black ribbon — relies on the fringe for its flirty finish.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Insincerely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insincerely. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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