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Recent Examples of regrettably
These flashbacks, regrettably, take up significantly more run time than the baseball and are tragically boring.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors, too.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Love, regrettably, couldn’t make the Sundance premiere.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
Security, regrettably, must be deployed in places it was not previously thought necessary.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors, too.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Love, regrettably, couldn’t make the Sundance premiere.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
Security, regrettably, must be deployed in places it was not previously thought necessary.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regrettably
Adverb
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Many of these songs have unfortunately become more relevant today, with the atrocities committed against innocent civilians in conflicts around the world, to the extrajudicial killing of Americans at home.—
Christina Hioureas,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
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This is an issue that unfortunately people think is binary.—
Faith Salie,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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While Brandon and Rosa Williams bear the ultimate responsibility for these heinous actions, there are, sadly, others to blame as well.—
Vaughan Bagley,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2026
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Not so much because Paul puts on-again, off-again partner Dakota Mortensen into a headlock and then pelts him with metal bar stools — sadly, this is a scene that would not be out of place on many reality shows — but because a small child is in the room.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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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The love described is classical in tone, so tragically all-consuming and full of shadows that to listen on an iPhone seems almost profane.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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Wells died died tragically in a 1994 helicopter crash, an event widely felt to have set the stage for the company’s subsequent string of succession woes.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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How many of my life decisions have been made in reaction to feeling unhappily married?—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even at the elite level, some runners thrive under the long-term guidance of a coach, others seem to bounce unhappily from coach to coach, and a few—Frank Shorter, Patrick Sang, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are notable examples—have mostly preferred to call their own shots.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Regrettably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regrettably. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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