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Recent Examples of regrettably
Catch up, then get ahead, or regrettably, fall behind.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Meager compensation by today’s standards, and, regrettably, considering the extended time, paltry back then.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
This film is here to praise him and, regrettably, bury him, just not in a metaphorical sense.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Now a grand finale is upon us in this third film installment, bringing back many franchise regulars such as Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern (regrettably, Maggie Smith, who ruled the roost as the Dowager Countess, passed away in 2024).
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Meager compensation by today’s standards, and, regrettably, considering the extended time, paltry back then.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
This film is here to praise him and, regrettably, bury him, just not in a metaphorical sense.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Now a grand finale is upon us in this third film installment, bringing back many franchise regulars such as Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern (regrettably, Maggie Smith, who ruled the roost as the Dowager Countess, passed away in 2024).
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regrettably
Adverb
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Speculative stocks have unfortunately had young investors in a chokehold as of late, according to Jim Cramer.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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And so, unfortunately, people are upset about the comments.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Ambiguity fuels risk, and risk, sadly, often fuels the potential for escalation.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rae sadly died in 2018 after being diagnosed with bone cancer.—
Michele Corriston,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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One of those connections has now tragically ended.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Nov. 2025
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Shane was tragically killed Tuesday night while riding his bike.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Ibsen’s title character is a spoiled, headstrong young woman who, newly and unhappily married to a dull scholar, enacts a Machiavellian scheme to advance his career and her social standing, with catastrophic results.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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In season 3 of The Gilded Age, Gladys unhappily marries the Duke of Buckingham.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Regrettably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regrettably. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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