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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentably
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Little Debbie Apple Flips Though there are still plenty of Little Debbie classics filling the shelves at Southern grocery stores, and even new arrivals from time to time, there are also sadly some treats that have been discontinued.
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Its co-op is online-only (no couch play, sadly), and the AI companion is your trusty sidekick.
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Summer is peak tick season, and unfortunately, ticks can spread diseases, like Lyme.
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And that consequence, unfortunately, will be borne by those who actually are influenced by it.
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When even her attempts at enjoying life’s simpler pleasures — like some chicken parm and coconut cream pie at home with a glass of wine — go tragically awry, Patricia’s disappointment and exasperation are both hilarious and painfully palpable.
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For example, a major plot hole is that the audience learns Layla’s younger sister tragically died following an asthma attack.
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But the obstacles blocking James from joining the Wolves are, regrettably, manifold — money being the first and foremost.
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The world, regrettably, has a habit of changing.
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Wilde stars as one half of a struggling couple, unhappily married to a character played by Seth Rogen.
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Elizabeth Banks is Lindy Littlejohn, a seriously frustrated writer, unhappily if tumultuously married to Les (Matthew Macfadyen), a brilliant scientist.
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“Lamentably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentably. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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