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Recent Examples of thankfully
While instances like Baek’s are thankfully extremely rare, the psychological impact of a UCL injury can often be devastating to young players.
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Noah's sister-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), the Jewish character portrayed most insultingly last year, has thankfully been softened and refined, and has somehow become the lone voice of reason amongst a group of immature idiots.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Hot water should be used to kill germs, bacteria, and pests, and thankfully, those aren’t everyday situations.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
These days, thankfully, the expectation is different.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Noah's sister-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), the Jewish character portrayed most insultingly last year, has thankfully been softened and refined, and has somehow become the lone voice of reason amongst a group of immature idiots.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Hot water should be used to kill germs, bacteria, and pests, and thankfully, those aren’t everyday situations.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
These days, thankfully, the expectation is different.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thankfully
Adverb
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While the couch may have paid the price, fortunately Hank was fine after.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Then the brothers’ neighbor swooped in with a sleeping bag that was fortunately still in his car after a recent camping trip.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Travelers aren’t supposed to visit the park without a guide, but luckily, several companies offer trips.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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But luckily, my hero is here to save us.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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But thank nature for giving us soft, small, squishy eyes that can instantly switch from focusing on spiderwebs glittering in front of us to the sun shining gloriously on the horizon.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Dec. 2025
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The park is seeing more out-of-state visitors, Derman said, many drawn less-restrictive rules allowing people to ride horses, mountain bike, paddle, hunt and fish as well as camp and hike – often on gloriously uncrowded trails.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Clausen Kosher Dill Spears Many tasters felt this pickle was pleasantly salty, with a milder dill taste.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
2 Jan. 2026
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Feig seems lost in pleasantly tipsy thought for a split second.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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And the supernatural does show up, although Wise’s slow-burn approach means that the film is blessedly free from conventional jump scares.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Per Sē contrasts the delightfully retro, lipstick-y aroma of orris butter with a fresh, fizzing swell of aldehydes, pink pepper, and bamboo.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Directive 8020 Watch On Speaking of atmospheric, Directive 8020 looks like a delightfully gruesome addition to the space horror games line-up.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But yeah, gratifyingly quite a bit.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
8 Oct. 2025
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The screens were also used for some more pleasingly abstract purposes, like opening up a central window at the start of the first song to show Danielle singing and strumming in isolation, and then opening similar digital windows on either side for Alana and Este.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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While pleasingly lightweight, the tube itself feels sturdy, too.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Thankfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thankfully. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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