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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
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On the evening of Wednesday, June 10, Margaret McWeeney is believed to have gotten out of her vehicle and unwittingly left the transmission in reverse in the parking lot of Madison Ridge Apartments in Indian Lake, Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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The regulation of our environment; the presence of chemicals both intentionally and unwittingly in our food, water, air, and land; the ecological fate of all living creatures, and of the earth itself—all these dilemmas and conundrums find urgent expression in Carson’s work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 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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Creative opportunities are also heating up, though money and friendship should not be mixed carelessly.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Additionally, boiling water can easily damage surrounding plants and grass if poured carelessly.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
4 June 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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This included the minutes that referees would seemingly arbitrarily add to each half.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Discretion exercised arbitrarily undermines it.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Daily News,
3 June 2026
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“Unconsciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsciously. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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