somehow

Definition of somehownext
as in ever
in a way that is not known or certain Somehow we got lost. She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand. It will all work out somehow.

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Recent Examples of somehow The band’s lo-fi sound and intermittent lush orchestrations felt exotic but somehow warm — the Irish counterpart to another contemporaneous example of the form, Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026 Good governance means learning from that history — not repeating it while insisting that this time hope will somehow be enough. Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 The performances are outstanding, the score is beautiful, and the themes that Nolan pulls from the poem somehow manage to give a fresh take on a 3,000-year-old story. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Schobel also was nearly picked off by senior cornerback Teon Parks, who somehow dropped what should’ve been a relatively easy interception. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for somehow
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  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • His extradition in June marked the first time a fugitive had ever been returned to the United States from Laos.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
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  • Furthermore, Barca is still someway short of being able to follow a top number 9 such as Julian Alvarez.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Nuggets somehow, someway, boast a 35-20 record at the All-Star break.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2026

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“Somehow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somehow. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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