as in uncomfortably
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Recent Examples of uneasily
Anthropic and OpenAI are dancing uneasily with the Pentagon, and neither has come off better for it.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
The chef Hillary Sterling’s cooking is too good for this restaurant’s uneasily generic address, in what is effectively an outdoor mall near Hudson Yards.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Those two systems now sit on top of each other, uneasily.
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Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
Five years later, after disappearing from public view and hitting a few more rock bottoms, Rashad dropped The House is Burning, a pained portrait of a person fresh out of rehab and uneasily seeking a path toward redemption.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
The chef Hillary Sterling’s cooking is too good for this restaurant’s uneasily generic address, in what is effectively an outdoor mall near Hudson Yards.
—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Those two systems now sit on top of each other, uneasily.
—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
Five years later, after disappearing from public view and hitting a few more rock bottoms, Rashad dropped The House is Burning, a pained portrait of a person fresh out of rehab and uneasily seeking a path toward redemption.
—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneasily
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The problem is that after weeks of operating at that speed, normal life can feel uncomfortably slow.
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They are forced back together to uncover the secrets buried deep within their family’s past and in doing so, must confront the harsh and often uncomfortably hilarious realities of the present.
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The 19-year-old dressed in a light gray suit with a pastel orange neck tie anxiously bounced his legs after Silver announced to the crowd that the Washington Wizards had five minutes to make the first selection.
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In the hours before the parade, people anxiously awaited the arrival of their champions.
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This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.
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Beijing, meanwhile, is warily eying Japan’s bolstering of its defense capabilities.
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Meanwhile, those students newly entering college are warily eyeing computer science.
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However, a buyer's FICO score critically dictates the true cost, with those having poor credit facing the highest interest rates.
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Last month, LaPorte County, Indiana, Sheriff's Deputy Jon Samuelson was shot and critically injured in the line of duty.
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“Uneasily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneasily. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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