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Recent Examples of recklessly
Two months ago, a thief stole the control stick from an R train parked under southern Brooklyn — the same section of track where a repeat train thief recklessly threw a train in reverse during a joyride months earlier.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Nguyen tried to stop the carjacking and dangled from the open driver’s window as Washington sped through the parking lot in the van, driving recklessly and nearly hitting other pedestrians and vehicles, the District Attorney’s office said.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Feb. 2026
He was charged with reckless driving and recklessly endangering.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The global competition to dominate artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch, but one of the world’s leading computer scientists warned that Big Tech is recklessly gambling with the future of the human species.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Officers in the Real Time Crime Center could see surveillance footage of several people recklessly shooting firearms at that location and in the direction of a neighborhood.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
The department's Real Time Crime Center reviewed surveillance footage showing multiple individuals firing guns recklessly at the location and toward nearby homes.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
The bill prohibits an employer from recklessly or intentionally hiring or employing an undocumented immigrant and allows the Attorney General to sue employers who hire undocumented immigrants and report the person to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors disagree, insisting that Brown recklessly communicated a threat on X (formerly Twitter) and that the First Amendment does not prevent them from pursuing the case.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Nguyen tried to stop the carjacking and dangled from the open driver’s window as Washington sped through the parking lot in the van, driving recklessly and nearly hitting other pedestrians and vehicles, the District Attorney’s office said.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Feb. 2026
He was charged with reckless driving and recklessly endangering.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The global competition to dominate artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch, but one of the world’s leading computer scientists warned that Big Tech is recklessly gambling with the future of the human species.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Officers in the Real Time Crime Center could see surveillance footage of several people recklessly shooting firearms at that location and in the direction of a neighborhood.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
The department's Real Time Crime Center reviewed surveillance footage showing multiple individuals firing guns recklessly at the location and toward nearby homes.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
The bill prohibits an employer from recklessly or intentionally hiring or employing an undocumented immigrant and allows the Attorney General to sue employers who hire undocumented immigrants and report the person to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors disagree, insisting that Brown recklessly communicated a threat on X (formerly Twitter) and that the First Amendment does not prevent them from pursuing the case.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recklessly
Adverb
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Our next step is to understand how cells controlling hesitation interact with drugs treating ADHD and OCD, conditions where patients can respond impulsively during volatile or uncertain situations.—
Eric Yttri,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Or, will he be inclined to rashly respond similarly to former Customs and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem?—
Tony Lux,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
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But once the suggestion was made, Vic, Bernie, and Don hurriedly made two of them by fastening rags around the end of poles, soaking them with gas, and lighting them.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting enabling legislation required to to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2026
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Set Rules For Micro-Interventions Of course, even a strategy like this, with ample scientific support, can backfire if it’s implemented thoughtlessly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Florian is a former ski racer who grew up skiing on Mount Southington and skied in college before discovering skeleton, in which racers pilot a sled down an icy chute headfirst.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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The man fell hard enough to pop out of his skis in the steep, icy moguls near the top of the run before sliding headfirst for hundreds of yards, apparently unable to stop himself, according to witnesses who posted on Reddit.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Over the subsequent decades, however, those launch costs dropped precipitously.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Feb. 2026
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And the number of children living in the city has dropped precipitously by about 10,000 in the last 15 years.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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Created from imagery of the actual towers captured via drone, the sculpture is over 8 feet tall and amazingly accurate, recording the details of each individual work of graffiti, the textures of concrete and iron, and the construction debris left haphazardly about the site.—
Sharon Mizota,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The documents were similar to the classified documents that Biden was also not supposed to have but were stored for years haphazardly in boxes in the garage of his Wilmington home beside his vintage 1967 Chevy Stingray.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Recklessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recklessly. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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