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Recent Examples of thankfully
Mina the Hollower, thankfully, gets the balance right.
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Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2026
His fears were, thankfully, quickly put to rest when the show's first season dropped.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
This is a touristy neighborhood, with Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery around one corner, The Mall round the other, and Piccadilly Circus just up the road—although thankfully the throng can be easily avoided.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
This hype died down, thankfully.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2026
His fears were, thankfully, quickly put to rest when the show's first season dropped.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
This is a touristy neighborhood, with Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery around one corner, The Mall round the other, and Piccadilly Circus just up the road—although thankfully the throng can be easily avoided.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
This hype died down, thankfully.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thankfully
Adverb
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Organ-style metal vent pulls, fortunately, are one constant.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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And fortunately, many people recognize that this is an important challenge.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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And luckily, there are plenty of deals to shop during this sale.—
Emma Ashe,
The Spruce,
22 June 2026
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There’s a lot of repairing and resolution that needs to happen in this final episode, but luckily things start strong with Liz and Jo-Ellen pulling each other aside to talk things through on the beach.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Even so, her spiral downward to near death before ending up in treatment is ridiculously, gloriously brisk.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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The minimalist bed brand, long associated with restrained neutrals and quietly competent adulthood, has partnered with the London design firm known for its gloriously unapologetic stripes and velvets.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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Protect your pace, and let progress be pleasantly ordinary today.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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The moms are getting pleasantly buzzed, and the kids are running around and being kids.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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In the show’s second season, Sylvia’s burgeoning event-planning business put her on a collision course with her platonic bestie’s bad-idea wedding, leaving her plenty of space to stumble and spin out within the show’s blessedly joke-heavy sensibility.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Each fixture and floor is made with natural, upcycled materials, and blessedly, these homes are naturally cool even in the summer.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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And of course, every wrapper came with the delightfully terrible jokes.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
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Thanks to some Season 2 work to round out Corlys, there is some real feeling to be had when his forces come to a head with the foreign navy, led by a delightfully unhinged villain (Abigail Thorne).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Adverb
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Tangy, lemony, and gratifyingly simple, this recipe should be your next summer baking project.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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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
Adverb
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But pleasingly, once my phone had some charge, the app downloaded quickly and instantly detected the camera when it was plugged in.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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Although the film pleasingly goes full Latin-American Peckinpah — yet with a far more convincing and righteous anti-colonial streak — threaded throughout are dreamlike interludes and flashbacks that provide generational historical context to the events and intensify the atmosphere.—
David Katz,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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“Thankfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thankfully. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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