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Recent Examples of unfairly
The latest headline can be used to make a move, such as trimming a stock that soared on optimism about a resolution or adding to a position unfairly dinged by negative news.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 14 June 2026
Next up was Raye, who received the Hal David Starlight Award for rising young talent, but likely just as much for her fierce advocacy for songwriters, who, as everyone in the room knows all too well, are unfairly at the bottom of the streaming economy.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2026
Multiple groups complained that the amendment erodes CPUC’s oversight authority, unfairly benefits big companies such as A&T and would lead to a host of potential problems hurting customers in rural as well as urban areas.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2026
Both the Blue Jackets and Jenner issued statements on social media saying that Bissonnette was unfairly portraying the interaction.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 14 June 2026
Next up was Raye, who received the Hal David Starlight Award for rising young talent, but likely just as much for her fierce advocacy for songwriters, who, as everyone in the room knows all too well, are unfairly at the bottom of the streaming economy.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2026
Multiple groups complained that the amendment erodes CPUC’s oversight authority, unfairly benefits big companies such as A&T and would lead to a host of potential problems hurting customers in rural as well as urban areas.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2026
Both the Blue Jackets and Jenner issued statements on social media saying that Bissonnette was unfairly portraying the interaction.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfairly
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Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause.—
Joanna Ossinger,Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Their 2-0 home win over Fulham came after Josh King was cruelly denied his first Premier League goal by an incorrect VAR intervention, with Rodrigo Muniz penalised for standing on Chalobah’s foot.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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And then there is County Road 450A near Umatill, which was rightfully stripped of McCall’s name in 2007 after area residents protested the honor toward one of the most viciously racist sheriffs in Florida history.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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The experience of unveiling and being viciously denounced by all sides was a brutal lesson at twenty-seven.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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In another famous tale, Hoja arrives at a feast wearing old and ragged clothes and is treated rudely.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Unfairly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfairly. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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