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Non-graduates, meanwhile, face competition from automation and outsourcing, pushing some toward these jobs reluctantly.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The protests takes the school by storm, and soon more women feel empowered to speak up about their experiences.
Julia, somewhat reluctantly, joins the organizing efforts and becomes a member of a working group tasked with collecting survivor testimonies.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2025
Te actor stars as Daniel Kaffee, the cocky lieutenant junior grade naval attorney who reluctantly defends two Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) accused of murdering their fellow officer at Guantanamo Bay.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Random House, July 8 Image These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
Alice Storm returns, reluctantly, to her estranged family’s Rhode Island estate after the untimely death of her billionaire father, Franklin.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The protests takes the school by storm, and soon more women feel empowered to speak up about their experiences.
Julia, somewhat reluctantly, joins the organizing efforts and becomes a member of a working group tasked with collecting survivor testimonies.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2025
Te actor stars as Daniel Kaffee, the cocky lieutenant junior grade naval attorney who reluctantly defends two Marines (Wolfgang Bodison and James Marshall) accused of murdering their fellow officer at Guantanamo Bay.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Random House, July 8 Image These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
Alice Storm returns, reluctantly, to her estranged family’s Rhode Island estate after the untimely death of her billionaire father, Franklin.
—Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for reluctantly
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“Reluctantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reluctantly. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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