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Recent Examples of thankfully
Chernobyl remains, thankfully, history’s worst nuclear disaster.
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David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
She just was stuck in the back and wasn’t up top, thankfully for us.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
And thankfully, our director, Simon McQuoid, also had the same sort of idea.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
It was roundly attacked by film purists and thankfully never had much success.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
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David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
She just was stuck in the back and wasn’t up top, thankfully for us.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
And thankfully, our director, Simon McQuoid, also had the same sort of idea.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
It was roundly attacked by film purists and thankfully never had much success.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for thankfully
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thankfully
Adverb
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Paying for an education can be daunting, but fortunately, ScholarShare 529 has helped families rise to the challenge of affording higher education for more than 25 years.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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Cherries belong to the Prunus genus—fortunately, anything in this genus is relatively easy to grow from seed, according to Jacob Mentlik, a fruit tree expert at Fedco Seeds.—
Rachel Silva,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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Between the two homes, four people were luckily able to escape and the firefighter who was injured was going to be OK.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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And luckily, Quince has a selection of styles that come highly recommended by shoppers, starting at just $30.—
Destinee Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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Heard whole, the Barber-Menotti product is as gloriously over the top as anything that Bette Davis ever made with William Wyler—and Heartbeat’s reduction of it to its burning cinders is as just as effective as Glyndebourne’s grandly eloquent take.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Mingling with all the new developments each summer, there are plenty of mainstay institutions and events that are gloriously familiar to frequent visitors.—
Nick Scott,
Robb Report,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Antwaun Sargent commandeered the Gagosian booth, which has a pleasantly group show-y feel, with a nice moment featuring a Theaster Gates sculpture flanked by a Stanley Whitney painting and a Tyler Mitchell photograph.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Despite being in one of the city’s more tony neighborhoods, The Modernist feels pleasantly relaxed whilst retaining a low-key buzz; enough happening, but by no means a party place.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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As fake dating logic dictates, proximity (and, blessedly, only one bed) leads to very real feelings.—
Erin La Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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But even amid some start-up hubbub, the setting was blessedly serene, despite its proximity to the buzzy Brera district and tourist-heavy Teatro alla Scala and Duomo areas.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
Adverb
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Marettimo The most remote of the Egadi Islands, tiny Marettimo—accessible via ferry from Trapani—remains delightfully rustic thanks to its limited accessibility, near absence of cars, and lack of large hotels.—
Nicky Swallow,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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That Week 6 game against the Seahawks will be delightfully ugly.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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And, most gratifyingly for a genre that can sometimes feel stuck in retrograde masculinity, a lot of those three-dimensional characters are women.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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Whale lusts after a hunky gardener (Brendan Fraser) and persuades him to pose for a few sketches; Julian, though bisexual, expresses no such interest in Lori, and any art-making turns out to be a gratifyingly mutual endeavor.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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As the United States has escalated its attacks on Iran, there’s something pleasingly transgressive about bringing Iranian elements into such overtly Western music—so much so that the songs without Yaghmai’s playing seem a little subdued in comparison.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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That Directors’ Fortnight entry slightly overloaded on farcical complications but breezed along on the script’s daffy humor, its underlying sweetness and the director’s pleasingly light touch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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“Thankfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thankfully. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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