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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.
—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentably
Adverb
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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.
Adverb
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And that consequence, unfortunately, will be borne by those who actually are influenced by it.
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Depth chart disappointments Tim Weah has, unfortunately, been the most underwhelming player on the team so far.
Adverb
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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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Payne tragically died at 31 in October 2024.
Adverb
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The world, regrettably, has a habit of changing.
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His legacy at this point is confined to the unfunded mandates of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and the equally unfunded obligations created by ignoring a statute of repose for child abuse claims, regrettably upheld by a bare majority on the Maryland Supreme Court.
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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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Nearly all are unhappily married by the end of the novel.
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“Lamentably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentably. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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