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Recent Examples of mercifully
The Dallas Cowboys’ 2025 season has mercifully come to a close.
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Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
Likewise, there are steaming piles of trash that mercifully remain unpublished—and others that fetch bank.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
And now that the draw is—mercifully—done, opening day, between Mexico and South Africa, June 11 in Mexico City, can’t come soon enough.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
The final whistle mercifully sounded, and the Snapdragon Stadium crowd – much of which resisted the temptation to get a head start on traffic – stood and honored the expansion club with a heartfelt ovation.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
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Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
Likewise, there are steaming piles of trash that mercifully remain unpublished—and others that fetch bank.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
And now that the draw is—mercifully—done, opening day, between Mexico and South Africa, June 11 in Mexico City, can’t come soon enough.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
The final whistle mercifully sounded, and the Snapdragon Stadium crowd – much of which resisted the temptation to get a head start on traffic – stood and honored the expansion club with a heartfelt ovation.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercifully
Adverb
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When Mehta appeared on camera bouncing her newborn in her lap, that professor started laughing sympathetically.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2025
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The musicians standing with him smile sympathetically.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In effect, this is just a trope of mondo films — or, less charitably, mockumentaries.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Donalds graciously apologized and immediately set things right.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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Sara Gibbs, executive director of Escondido Community Child Development Center, and Danielle Rush, HR director, graciously thanked Saint Helen Philoptochos and were very appreciative for their generous donation which was above and beyond their expectations, the news release stated.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Harris compassionately explored these issues that many women faced later in life — and which rarely went represented on television.—
Time,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Each was compassionately euthanized Thursday.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Her team now plans to test ways to safely and humanely reduce the invasive rat population around bat hibernation spots, like the cave in Bad Segeberg.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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To make new plantings a little more pest-proof, experiment with repellent sprays, like putrid egg solids, hot pepper spray, and humanely sourced predator spray.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Maggie also smiles tolerantly when Hank keeps his hand on her knee for a few beats too many, or leans in close during chats.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Once a textiles factory, the hotel has ‘shabby chic’ lovingly pinned to its moodboard, with peeling paint and exposed steel woven into its elegant, but deceivingly effortless, design.—
Stephanie Gavan,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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The couple had publicly but lovingly described some marital difficulties, yet there were still few outward signs the divorce was coming.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Vance Joseph tried outfitting himself in a modest tone, even if his unit hasn’t exactly acted benevolently toward its training camp counterpart.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifully. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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