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Recent Examples of mercifully
One of the highlights of the night was when Bridgerton took the Emmy for Outstanding Costumes and winner John Walter Glaser’s pants kept falling down (but not to his knees, mercifully).
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Even when Volpe struck out to mercifully end the inning, Ogasawara needed six pitches to do it.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
While Kurt Warner, Carson Palmer and Jake Plummer all produced tremendous moments (Warner and Palmer are in the Cardinals’ Ring of Honor), many Arizona quarterbacks have been one and, mercifully, done.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
This year, the powers that be mercifully decided to change the format, for the better.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Even when Volpe struck out to mercifully end the inning, Ogasawara needed six pitches to do it.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
While Kurt Warner, Carson Palmer and Jake Plummer all produced tremendous moments (Warner and Palmer are in the Cardinals’ Ring of Honor), many Arizona quarterbacks have been one and, mercifully, done.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
This year, the powers that be mercifully decided to change the format, for the better.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercifully
Adverb
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Safdie sympathetically, vividly recounts the pressure to win, the violence in the ring, the addiction that saw Kerr OD twice.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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Curtis a prominent liberal-leaning figure speaking sympathetically about a conservative activist, is an unusual cross-ideological expression of mourning.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 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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In the midst of all this, Lainey graciously invited Southern Living into her home for a rare photo shoot and a recording of our podcast Biscuits & Jam.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, however, the Princess of Wales was graciously gifted a sparkly red cowgirl hat by England's Red Roses rugby team after their victory against Australia in the Women's Rugby World Cup.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Sep. 2025
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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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She was humanely euthanized over the weekend after falling for the second time in a month.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 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
Adverb
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That family history was both the right fuel for Piccard and something to live up to, a fact that filmmaker Dower lovingly interprets through a stunning wealth of archival footage and first-person interviews within his film’s compact running time.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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There, twice a month, the Michigan Rocky Horror Preservation Society holds court, its members arrayed in corsets, feather boas, ripped jeans and lovingly detailed costumes that evoke their favorite movie's main characters.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
27 Sep. 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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With sensitive skin types in mind, the creamy, fragrance-free formula boasts a simple ingredient list, using glycerin and niacinamide to strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and nonstripping micelles— molecules in micellar water—to tenderly wash away dirt and oil.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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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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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifully. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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