uncommonly

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Recent Examples of uncommonly Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Neither starter excelled on a tense, uncommonly hot October night in downtown San Diego. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 This uncommonly thoughtful Jason Statham vehicle is based on a real 1971 heist. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 Some have already noted the uncommonly high demand for PV5 campers and alluded to early plans to bring the PV7 into the fold. — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026 Emde wandered ahead while King lagged behind at her usual tempo, which is uncommonly slow but projects incongruous urgency. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Compared with federal law and that of other states, New York has uncommonly strong protections for defendants facing multiple prosecutions. — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 Though uncommonly immune to his charms, Ginger does accept Lee’s help on a case. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026 But the environment was uncommonly set up for success, at least relative to the rest of the league. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncommonly
Adverb
  • How Cube Steak Is Used and Cooked Cube steak is extremely versatile.
    — Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026
  • California has gotten extremely soft on accountability with youth.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • In the mid-1970s, the building housing the Westin opened as the very first Holiday Inn resort in the Caribbean, with Buoy Haus’s beachfront location opening as a low-rise motor inn shortly after.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • After multiple attempts to press forward, the message of the direction of the school was received very clearly.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Fortunately for the script, other British and Hessian reënactors had arrived via freeway and the incredibly vast Orchard Beach parking lot.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Humanity is both incredibly advanced and evolved and deeply stunted.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • The North Carolina state legislator Jennifer Balkcom wasn’t terribly well-known before this election cycle.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • By focusing on the brain’s extraordinary—and still under-recognized—capacity for repair, Swain doesn’t encourage us to marvel at the many ways in which things can go terribly wrong.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • That deal ushered in a new era of healthcare consolidation, lacing together huge swaths of a highly regulated industry into a conglomerate critics said led to less competition and higher prices for consumers.
    — Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Proposition 40 divided Democratic leaders because of concerns about its impact on the state’s volatile budget that is highly dependent on the wealthy.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Mercury retrograde in Scorpio leaves room for private reflection, too.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Hope spent much of its time ferrying sailors and the wounded from other ships or ports to military hospitals, and like the Comfort, it too was attacked multiple times, though each attack failed, usually just missing the ship.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Its sweet, soft, umami-rich profile can shift the taste of a recipe, so Czerwony suggests using about half the usual amount of garlic and adjusting from there.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But when the lines between sincerity and cynicism are so blurred, does intention even matter?
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Uncommonly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncommonly. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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