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Recent Examples of mercifully
This year, the powers that be mercifully decided to change the format, for the better.
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Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The justices, mercifully, declined to meddle with the map.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The timing could not have been more serendipitous – my baby girl was down south visiting grandparents for the first few weeks of summer, and work schedules had also mercifully aligned for me and her father to drop everything and jet to the Caribbean for a few days.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2025
The most immediate threat to the land of dreams was, of course, none other than the supreme leader himself, whose decision to spill family blood by mercifully killing his only son, Orpheus (Ruairi O’Connor), drew the ire of a trio of goddesses known as the Furies.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The justices, mercifully, declined to meddle with the map.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The timing could not have been more serendipitous – my baby girl was down south visiting grandparents for the first few weeks of summer, and work schedules had also mercifully aligned for me and her father to drop everything and jet to the Caribbean for a few days.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2025
The most immediate threat to the land of dreams was, of course, none other than the supreme leader himself, whose decision to spill family blood by mercifully killing his only son, Orpheus (Ruairi O’Connor), drew the ire of a trio of goddesses known as the Furies.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercifully
Adverb
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Others view Russia sympathetically.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.—
Daniel Horowitz
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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In effect, this is just a trope of mondo films — or, less charitably, mockumentaries.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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And kudos to Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow, above, for charitably helping them on their way.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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At its best, squash resembles a dance between two foes, with the winner graciously allowing their opponent to leave the court first.—
Eric Zillmer,
The Conversation,
26 Aug. 2025
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There are also graciously provided shortcuts to doing tasks that previously required tons of sifting through menus, like swapping out camouflage palettes, healing wounds, and eating rations.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Each was compassionately euthanized Thursday.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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This means training businesses, libraries and public service workers to interact compassionately with people living with cognitive impairments.—
Taylor Penn-Vessels,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2025
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To take part in the challenge, participants were required to pass an online training, as per the event's website, and had to kill the pythons humanely.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Ikejime is the technique used by Japanese fishermen for centuries to slaughter fish instantly and humanely by inserting a spike into the brain.—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Another photo focused on the sonogram images, while the last shot showed Dawson and Sykes gazing lovingly at one another, while Iris stood next to them in front of the ocean.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The first engagement photo shows Travis proposing on bended knee as Swift lovingly rests one hand on his face.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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
Adverb
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The woman has since adopted the kitten—who turned out to be a boy—and shared sweet updates, including videos of him being tenderly bottle-fed.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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On the director’s cue, Mary Berry was tenderly extricated from her thermal gilet and the floor was purged of its few dozen researchers, home economists, sound recordists, camera operators, technicians, producers, and researchers.—
Ruby Tandoh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifully. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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