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Recent Examples of thankfully
Now that this trash season is thankfully finished, the first priority for owner Patrick Dumont is to hire a GM.
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Mac Engel
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
This, thankfully, doesn’t have to be a rhetorical question, and the answer starts at just $7.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
But Reef is also five years sober from a destructive heroin addiction that the adoring public thankfully is unaware of.
—Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
The three victims were taken to the hospital and are thankfully in stable condition.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Mac Engel
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
This, thankfully, doesn’t have to be a rhetorical question, and the answer starts at just $7.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
But Reef is also five years sober from a destructive heroin addiction that the adoring public thankfully is unaware of.
—Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
The three victims were taken to the hospital and are thankfully in stable condition.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for thankfully
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thankfully
Adverb
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And fortunately, Orion’s space toilet does have a privacy door.—
Charlie Gile,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
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First, the two singers originally cast to play Carmen and Don José on Friday and Sunday were replaced in the past week (fortunately with two very good artists).—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The children scrambled for safety, and luckily, no one was hurt.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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But, luckily for Americans, the Japanese have so generously lent their cherry blossom trees to sister cities and exquisite gardens throughout the US.—
Adele Chapin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the writer-director behind The Green Knight and A Ghost Story has taken the most accessible subject imaginable — stratospheric pop stardom — and made something wonderfully, gloriously weird out of it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
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Dressed in gloriously vivid and eccentrically shaped costumes, these cats (only passing attempts are made to mimic actual felines, a crucial mistake of that movie) stride individually about the stage before coming together as a thrilling, pulsing whole.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Sometimes the bridge going up pleasantly slows the ice cream store traffic during busy times, ice cream shop co-owner Colin Desmarais has said.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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The showrunners have been pleasantly surprised by the synchronicity building between art and life as the series moves deeper into the timeline, inspiring both cast and creators.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Here’s hoping that Nitehawk’s union-busting management learns from Alamo’s fatal self-own, signs a mutually respectful contract with its workers, and continues to provide a blessedly phone-free theatrical experience.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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The past few days at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have been blessedly quiet after weeks of abnormally long security lines caused by the ongoing partial government shutdown.—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The Lakers limped painfully into the playoffs Saturday night only to delightfully discover a miracle salve.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Read Full Review Dan Sung Sa The most delightfully chaotic spot in Koreatown, where the soju arrives as quickly as the kimchi pancakes and meat skewers.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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
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But yeah, gratifyingly quite a bit.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Brashly violent, clattery and pleasingly untied to any direct predecessor, the result is more generic than its braggy auteur claims might promise, but there’s a lot here for gorehounds to feast on.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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David Lowery is an adventurous director, alternating studio material like Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man & the Gun and Peter Pan & Wendy with pleasingly idiosyncratic projects like the poetic mood piece about time and loss, A Ghost Story, or the imaginative chivalric fantasy, The Green Knight.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Thankfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thankfully. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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