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Recent Examples of uncritically
If managers uncritically accept that everything is fair, they may not be attuned to the ways their own views of white women workers, of workers of color, or other disadvantaged groups could be shaped by structural and interpersonal factors.
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Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Courts also tended to uncritically accept presidential determinations in matters of foreign affairs and national security.
—Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
That said, don’t uncritically accept every piece of mental clutter that comes your way — try to have a sense of your basic priorities.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Rather, the question is why so many have been willing to accept this framing uncritically, and what that willingness says about the current media environment.
—Debbie Millman, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Journalists also deserve blame for uncritically promoting a single study as fact.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Yet the old marketing stuck, and the million-dollar-per-team meme continues to reverberate, echoed uncritically in recent media reports from ESPN, The Athletic and Sports Illustrated, among others.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2025
In other cases, risky transgender practices, such as chest-binding — a practice that has been connected to breathing difficulties, chronic back pain, changes to the spine, and broken ribs — are portrayed uncritically.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2025
If used uncritically, ChatGPT can lead to intellectual complacency.
—Aaron French, The Conversation, 24 July 2025
Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Courts also tended to uncritically accept presidential determinations in matters of foreign affairs and national security.
—Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
That said, don’t uncritically accept every piece of mental clutter that comes your way — try to have a sense of your basic priorities.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Rather, the question is why so many have been willing to accept this framing uncritically, and what that willingness says about the current media environment.
—Debbie Millman, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Journalists also deserve blame for uncritically promoting a single study as fact.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
Yet the old marketing stuck, and the million-dollar-per-team meme continues to reverberate, echoed uncritically in recent media reports from ESPN, The Athletic and Sports Illustrated, among others.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2025
In other cases, risky transgender practices, such as chest-binding — a practice that has been connected to breathing difficulties, chronic back pain, changes to the spine, and broken ribs — are portrayed uncritically.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2025
If used uncritically, ChatGPT can lead to intellectual complacency.
—Aaron French, The Conversation, 24 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncritically
Adverb
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Having thus proved his usefulness — and that there’s no task too lowly for this factotum to unquestioningly carry out — Henri is duly hired and suddenly his fortunes are on the rise.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Like his apostolic namesake, Thomas believes unquestioningly in the evidence of his senses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Stories harmful to Israel—false claims that Israel caused a famine as a weapon of war, or that an Israeli air strike destroyed a Gazan hospital—are reported credulously and corrected slowly, if at all.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
Adverb
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Do not give access just because someone asks confidently.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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The result is a hotel that honors its past and moves confidently into the present.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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“Uncritically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncritically. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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