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Recent Examples of spectacularly
The ensemble cast rises to meet that wild tonal register, with bursts of comic precision, aching vulnerability, and just enough theatricality to make every new stop on the girls’ quest feel spectacularly organic.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Some bets failed spectacularly.
—Will Swaim, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
These spectacularly expensive exhibitions are known for their extravagant presentations of gorgeous garments.
—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
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Some bets failed spectacularly.
—Will Swaim, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
These spectacularly expensive exhibitions are known for their extravagant presentations of gorgeous garments.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectacularly
Adverb
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The inconvenience of that military presence has brought certain compensations from the government, such as a strikingly modern, geometric contemporary art museum (Nagi MOCA) that draws visitors not put off by the arduous journey required to get there.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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The Duchess of Sussex wore a strikingly similar look in glimpses from the family’s Disneyland trip last year, suggesting the casual formula has become a favorite for the park.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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Art that’s anchored in real pain almost always leaves open a channel to beauty—or at least some more richly humane response to life.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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But the journey there is richly rendered through Harris’ poetic sensibility.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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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
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And here is a helpful tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
14 May 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 17 May. 2026.
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