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Recent Examples of sensationally
The Dátil Coffee Shop serves speciality coffee from Mexico’s top coffee-growing regions, such as Chiapas and Oaxaca, sweet pastries, and sensationally good chocolate.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Carver is now the manager at Polish club Lechia Gdansk, where, sensationally, Kevin Blackwell — who Milner also played just one Premier League game under (for Leeds in May 2004) — is technical director.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Vartkessian renders them neither clinically nor sensationally—a fine line to walk—and cherry-picking details for this review feels grossly reductive, like a thumbnail sketch of a scene of desolation.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Bardot started releasing music in the ’60s, collaborating with Bob Zagury, Sacha Distel, and, most sensationally, Serge Gainsbourg.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Dec. 2025
That means something utterly and sensationally surprising will happen Sunday.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Carver is now the manager at Polish club Lechia Gdansk, where, sensationally, Kevin Blackwell — who Milner also played just one Premier League game under (for Leeds in May 2004) — is technical director.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Vartkessian renders them neither clinically nor sensationally—a fine line to walk—and cherry-picking details for this review feels grossly reductive, like a thumbnail sketch of a scene of desolation.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Bardot started releasing music in the ’60s, collaborating with Bob Zagury, Sacha Distel, and, most sensationally, Serge Gainsbourg.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Dec. 2025
That means something utterly and sensationally surprising will happen Sunday.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensationally
Adverb
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Canned pineapple makes this carrot cake wonderfully sweet and moist.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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Generation after generation get solace in Ian Curtis’ words, and the way that the music fitted them so wonderfully.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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John Houseman tippy toes briefly as a dry old bean and stuffy grammarian, emblematic of the stultified staff at Fox’s magazine of employment; unfortunately, Houseman’s marvelously fussy presence is only one of the film’s intermittent garnishes, most of which are never developed and never pay off.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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The baritone, Vincent Casagrande, a marvelously cantankerous Prisoner, tells us only sick people dream, and of course everyone on stage automatically enters a dream state.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Things got even better for Atletico, and worse for Barcelona, as Alvarez curled the resulting free kick superbly over and around the wall into the top corner — with so much power on the shot that home ‘keeper Joan Garcia could not get across to save.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Maces, which were little more than rocks mounted on sticks, had questionable value as hunting tools, but they were superbly suited for smashing the bones and skulls of other humans.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The unfussy result of combining strawberries, rose wine, and cake ingredients is a deliciously easy take on a classic summer berry cake.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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There might never have been The Osbournes had Stern not pushed and prodded the deliciously wacky rock star family to bring their story to the airwaves.—
Malina Saval,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Mullvad performed excellently during our latest round of tests.—
Justyn Newman,
PC Magazine,
22 Mar. 2026
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Everything was grilled excellently.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Lakers limped painfully into the playoffs Saturday night only to delightfully discover a miracle salve.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Read Full Review Dan Sung Sa The most delightfully chaotic spot in Koreatown, where the soju arrives as quickly as the kimchi pancakes and meat skewers.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the writer-director behind The Green Knight and A Ghost Story has taken the most accessible subject imaginable — stratospheric pop stardom — and made something wonderfully, gloriously weird out of it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
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Dressed in gloriously vivid and eccentrically shaped costumes, these cats (only passing attempts are made to mimic actual felines, a crucial mistake of that movie) stride individually about the stage before coming together as a thrilling, pulsing whole.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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His previous album, Cardinal, was guided by charmingly disorganized instinct.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026
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Playing the charmingly unhinged Ingrid, an internet stalker of the highest order, Aubrey Plaza doesn't hit a false note.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Sensationally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensationally. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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