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Recent Examples of uncomfortably
Finding the perpetrators would take months and raise questions that hit uncomfortably close to home—not only the Kirkeby’s home, but also mine.
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Jennifer Cannon, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Victor Glover, the pilot, reported that the spacecraft was uncomfortably cold, and donned a knit cap.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Third place would leave him uncomfortably close to the bubble, likely needing some defections.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
When his administration took office, a wave of radical changes arrived at once, reshaping the national conversation about war in ways that felt uncomfortably close to home because my husband was recently deployed.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2026
The humor spawned by Emma’s confession will strike some as deeply unfunny, while others might uncomfortably chuckle at its cleverness.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The mission, which flew astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station in June 2024, came uncomfortably close to catastrophe.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
That’s uncomfortably close to that $16 prediction, albeit not quite there.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
This comes as many news organizations become uncomfortably tangled with AI companies.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Cannon, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Victor Glover, the pilot, reported that the spacecraft was uncomfortably cold, and donned a knit cap.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Third place would leave him uncomfortably close to the bubble, likely needing some defections.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
When his administration took office, a wave of radical changes arrived at once, reshaping the national conversation about war in ways that felt uncomfortably close to home because my husband was recently deployed.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2026
The humor spawned by Emma’s confession will strike some as deeply unfunny, while others might uncomfortably chuckle at its cleverness.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The mission, which flew astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station in June 2024, came uncomfortably close to catastrophe.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
That’s uncomfortably close to that $16 prediction, albeit not quite there.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
This comes as many news organizations become uncomfortably tangled with AI companies.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncomfortably
Adverb
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Businesses operate in an environment where formal and informal systems coexist uneasily.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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An uneasy balance The concentration of power around one figure sits uneasily with one of the founding impulses of the 1979 revolution that ushered in the Islamic Republic.—
Roxane Razavi,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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While officials are anxiously hoping that the tax revenues will keep coming in, Lamont and lawmakers have not agreed on how to cut taxes.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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Just days after the first pip of nesting season for Big Bear bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow, their first eaglet has hatched, and their second egg has a pip as Southern California fans of the duo anxiously await their newest family members.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Responding officers found a man who was critically wounded.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Amy’s ex-husband Michael (Omar Metwally) and the team work tirelessly to help her and the other patients but their experimental treatments fail and Amy becomes critically ill.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Uncomfortably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncomfortably. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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