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Recent Examples of unconsciously
Grip, weight, angle, fragility—humans process this unconsciously, perfected by evolution.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Thanks to them, generations of children unconsciously absorbed a little soul with their public television.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Do painters unconsciously use similar shapes, contours or compositions to elicit an emotional response?
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
While critics have been tough on the Finnish director’s blending of human sentiment and thrashing violence and pyrotechnics, audiences know his brand – consciously or unconsciously.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
There’s not a songwriter out there who won’t have inadvertently, unconsciously, consciously pulled from his work.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Some people seek out conflict, Fisher adds, even unconsciously, because the intensity of it fills an emotional void that healthier outlets aren't meeting.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
At university, Karp focused his research on how people unconsciously transfer aggression through language.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
In presenting the Best Actor winners, Adrien Brody perfectly, if perhaps unconsciously, echoed Johnson’s remarks from more than 50 years earlier.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Thanks to them, generations of children unconsciously absorbed a little soul with their public television.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Do painters unconsciously use similar shapes, contours or compositions to elicit an emotional response?
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
While critics have been tough on the Finnish director’s blending of human sentiment and thrashing violence and pyrotechnics, audiences know his brand – consciously or unconsciously.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
There’s not a songwriter out there who won’t have inadvertently, unconsciously, consciously pulled from his work.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Some people seek out conflict, Fisher adds, even unconsciously, because the intensity of it fills an emotional void that healthier outlets aren't meeting.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
At university, Karp focused his research on how people unconsciously transfer aggression through language.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
In presenting the Best Actor winners, Adrien Brody perfectly, if perhaps unconsciously, echoed Johnson’s remarks from more than 50 years earlier.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsciously
Adverb
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In recent years, Ben Gibbard, one of indie rock’s prevailing figureheads, has unwittingly endured all three.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2026
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After a day of learning about blackmail wire and unwittingly dodging Dennis the menace, Paula heads to soccer practice and faces yet another obstacle.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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Bobadilla then did the rest, inadvertently sticking his right foot in front of the ball and bouncing it by Paraguayan keeper Orlando Gil.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Spontaneous was received very warmly because COVID inadvertently turned that movie into a movie about COVID.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Adjusting the phase of light can unintentionally change its brightness, potentially affecting security.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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Some parents might be unintentionally making things harder for themselves, Chadda-Gupta has noticed.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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In one particularly unfortunate incident, according to Axios, the CFO of a company accidentally racked up half a billion dollars in Claude usage fees in a single month.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
11 June 2026
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In February 2025, Musk said that DOGE had accidentally cut Ebola prevention, then restored it.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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In another, some $8,000 in high ticket merchandise was casually wheeled out.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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He was dressed casually, in a green suède jacket and black sweats, but his watch was heavily iced with diamonds, as was a chain around his neck.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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Done carelessly, a ban is unlikely to succeed.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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But the same tool, used carelessly, will do real harm.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Adverb
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Some folks in the band’s organization initially wanted to partner with a big beer company, but fortuitously, somebody countered idea with Dogfish Head.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sixty years ago, the home opener happened to fortuitously fall during spring break.—
Raymond Daniel Burke,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Right now New York City’s system arbitrarily denies rent regulation to millions of tenants — like only covering buildings with six or more units built before 1974 that weren’t deregulated before 2019.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
2 June 2026
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The hundreds of thousands of people every year who have been clearing the legal requirements of adjustment of status cannot have their rights cut off arbitrarily.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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“Unconsciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsciously. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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