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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentably
Adverb
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He eventually was contacted by a Korean company to audition for them, but sadly, didn’t make it.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
This is, sadly, a lost art; now everything is an elaborate ballet of calling, texting, and planning, with little room for spontaneity.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That's huge, and unfortunately so rare on TV.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The right thing to do would be to end this paragraph with the 6,000 exoplanet discovery counterpart to 51 Pegasi b, but that's unfortunately not possible.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kile, a beloved pitcher for the Cardinals, tragically passed away in 2002 at the age of 33 as a result of early-onset heart disease.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This event will serve as a dedicated and fitting tribute to the young finance professional who tragically lost his life while at work.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This film is here to praise him and, regrettably, bury him, just not in a metaphorical sense.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In season 3 of The Gilded Age, Gladys unhappily marries the Duke of Buckingham.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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One of the youngest of the MacKenzie brood (and often seen with sister Janet), Jocasta Cameron is sometimes callously honest, perpetually jealous of the attention Ellen gets, and unhappily married to an old man.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Lamentably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentably. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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