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Recent Examples of mercilessly
Comedians mercilessly mocked their audiences, and audiences liked to punch back.
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Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
But recent studies have shown how social media algorithms mercilessly push manosphere content toward young men — and that content is quickly interspersed with other even more extremist ideas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, a music video mercilessly mocking Sanseitō went viral, suggesting the potential for containing its rise.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
The scene signals viewers are in for more of what critics mercilessly panned the first time around.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
There are only three certainties in life… death, taxes and Jim Harbaugh wanting the run the football mercilessly.
—Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
But recent studies have shown how social media algorithms mercilessly push manosphere content toward young men — and that content is quickly interspersed with other even more extremist ideas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, a music video mercilessly mocking Sanseitō went viral, suggesting the potential for containing its rise.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
The scene signals viewers are in for more of what critics mercilessly panned the first time around.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
There are only three certainties in life… death, taxes and Jim Harbaugh wanting the run the football mercilessly.
—Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercilessly
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Before that, Abbie is being ruthlessly scrutinized and controlled by her parents, while Leila’s mother has mostly checked out after her elder daughter’s sudden death.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
26 Sep. 2025
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All four victims had been ruthlessly stabbed to death before the attacker vanished through the kitchen’s sliding glass door and into the night.—
Ian Berry,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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The director plays up the humor a lot more than Westlake’s callously cynical prose, for better or worse.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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But after the Sriracha-maker callously withheld payments from Underwood, the relationship deteriorated and litigation followed.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The episode unsparingly examines cultural assumptions about race and colorism; similarly, HIM is a scathing critique of how professional sports capitalize upon the bodies and minds of Black athletes.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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The drama follows Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as a detective called in to investigate the 1987 massacre of four scientists brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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After decades of obdurately refusing to entertain the idea of bestowing its computers with touch screens, rumor has it that Apple might finally offer this capability.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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In the 42nd minute, having cut inside Niang, Leysen lunged wildly to try and prevent Elanga recovering the ball, but got nowhere near it and conceded a penalty (he was harshly adjudged to have handballed it during the second half for another spot kick, too).—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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He was immediately called out by a member of the Directing Staff, who addressed him harshly by his team number.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mercilessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercilessly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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