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Recent Examples of spectacularly
These spectacularly expensive exhibitions are known for their extravagant presentations of gorgeous garments.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
In the 20 years since, the dark matter explanation has been challenged many times, but each challenge has failed spectacularly.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
The night before the election, the Israeli journalist Amit Segal, who is seen as close and friendly to Netanyahu, invoked past Israeli elections in which media polling — long criticized for being out of sync with voter behavior — failed spectacularly in capturing the final result.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Desert sunsets are spectacularly colorful affairs and are best viewed from Tanque Verde Ridge Trail and Javelina Rocks.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
What prosecutors had insisted was an airtight case against the three men was going to blow up, spectacularly.
—Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The African American Wax Museum, in Harlem, was the singular creation of the artist and eccentric Raven Chanticleer, a sharecropper’s son from South Carolina who reinvented himself, spectacularly, in Manhattan.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Baldwin faced a similar charge, but the case against him unraveled spectacularly.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2026
In stark contrast to Hungary’s economic decay, Orbán’s family and friends have become spectacularly wealthy through gifted government contracts and other grift.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
In the 20 years since, the dark matter explanation has been challenged many times, but each challenge has failed spectacularly.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
The night before the election, the Israeli journalist Amit Segal, who is seen as close and friendly to Netanyahu, invoked past Israeli elections in which media polling — long criticized for being out of sync with voter behavior — failed spectacularly in capturing the final result.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Desert sunsets are spectacularly colorful affairs and are best viewed from Tanque Verde Ridge Trail and Javelina Rocks.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
What prosecutors had insisted was an airtight case against the three men was going to blow up, spectacularly.
—Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The African American Wax Museum, in Harlem, was the singular creation of the artist and eccentric Raven Chanticleer, a sharecropper’s son from South Carolina who reinvented himself, spectacularly, in Manhattan.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Baldwin faced a similar charge, but the case against him unraveled spectacularly.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2026
In stark contrast to Hungary’s economic decay, Orbán’s family and friends have become spectacularly wealthy through gifted government contracts and other grift.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectacularly
Adverb
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The language and targets have shifted over time, but the underlying logic of reproductive governance has remained strikingly consistent.—
Sonya Borrero,
STAT,
1 May 2026
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The surface is strikingly similar to paper, but there’s no need for actual paper, folder or tags.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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How does someone as non-linear in thought and deed create music so richly within the format of popular song and its structure?—
A.D. Amorosi,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
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But BandWith Chicago’s new home in East Garfield Park displays a more contemporary approach to minimalism, one that richly layers old and new elements in a compelling solution that is modest and straightforward while equally elegant and nuanced.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Adverb
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They at first preferred buncheong, a rustic style of stoneware decorated with white slip, gorgeously epitomized by a late 15th-century bowl marked by wide sweeps of pale brushwork on its interior and exterior, nothing more.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Channeling ’90s slowcore and post-rock into gorgeously brooding odes to dejection, the Chicago quartet’s debut is downer music at its most alluring.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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And here is a helpful tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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This allows for more action and more monsters — splendidly rendered — and more occasions for Eleven to use her superpowers.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Spectacularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectacularly. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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