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Recent Examples of lamentably
The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases.
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Our attorney general’s hyperbolic statements, lamentably, do little to help on that front.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Our attorney general’s hyperbolic statements, lamentably, do little to help on that front.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentably
Adverb
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But sadly, this effort is being affected in a negative manner by neighboring counties.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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The prestige of the truly élite colleges will, sadly, not change all that much.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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The cost conversation, understandably, precedes all of this, and may (unfortunately) ward off some or all of you.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2026
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The police recommended that three felony charges be brought against Driscoll but unfortunately none of the children interviewed were willing to testify in court.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
Adverb
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His Presidency was tragically short-lived.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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And while the finale may have featured more than a few violent deaths, not everyone’s story concluded tragically.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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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,
4 June 2026
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Our original predictions about the abject lack of viability have been proven regrettably accurate.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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Now Daphne, unhappily affianced, has run off with one Hop Wingdale, a clarinet player for a band called the Klezmopolitans, and her mother and her would-be future husband have engaged Unamalgamated Ops to bring her home.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Amir stars as unhappily married Angine who is infatuated with salesgirl Malaise (Bajrami), threatening to put them both of them in danger of terrible reprisals.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Lamentably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentably. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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