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Recent Examples of intentionally Every trip to the electric chair is horrifying; a sequence where an intentionally botched execution ignites a still-living prisoner's screaming head in ghoulish blue flames is up there with any supernatural fright King's ever conceived. James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 Sometimes, these tools were intentionally broken apart. Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025 The complaint said Granados had intentionally falsified medical and billing records to mislead Texas pharmacies and insurance providers into providing the medications in violation of the state’s law. Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025 The following day, the New York City Fire Department confirmed in a post on X that the fire was set intentionally. Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intentionally
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Adverb
  • Remarkably, almost all of the forty or so core players survived their time here and avoided being deliberately gassed, although their main conductor did not survive.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But the best leaders don’t rush, deliberately slowing down to build their presence, become connected to those around them, and make better choices.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Mannequin Skin Hair may have gone big this season, but skin went simple, and purposely so.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Edges and hems were purposely left romantically unfinished and raw, with bodices falling off to reveal the construction underneath or skirt panels hanging asymmetrically exposing multiple layers.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Intentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentionally. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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