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Recent Examples of unintentionally
Cady tries to take down Regina but unintentionally transforms into a bully by trying to fit in.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Feb. 2026
Florida cannot afford policies that unintentionally weaken the workforce sustaining care in underserved areas.
—José Sosa-Palacios, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Brill said prohibiting phones only during instructional time can unintentionally increase use outside the classroom.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Improper payments most often look like unintentionally underpaying or overpaying a provider because information doesn’t get updated in real time, said Bob Schneider, from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, who previously studied Michigan’s child care subsidy.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 26 Jan. 2026
To this end, Jacquet unintentionally demonstrated that multi-segment vehicles scale better than two-segment designs for extreme obstacle crossing.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Organizations unintentionally create systemic weaknesses that adversaries, ranging from nation-states to hackers, are keen to exploit when privacy is neglected.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Without attention to these details, efforts to broaden participation in studies can unintentionally exclude or burden the very people researchers are working to include.
—Carrie Leach, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2026
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Feb. 2026
Florida cannot afford policies that unintentionally weaken the workforce sustaining care in underserved areas.
—José Sosa-Palacios, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Brill said prohibiting phones only during instructional time can unintentionally increase use outside the classroom.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Improper payments most often look like unintentionally underpaying or overpaying a provider because information doesn’t get updated in real time, said Bob Schneider, from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, who previously studied Michigan’s child care subsidy.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 26 Jan. 2026
To this end, Jacquet unintentionally demonstrated that multi-segment vehicles scale better than two-segment designs for extreme obstacle crossing.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Organizations unintentionally create systemic weaknesses that adversaries, ranging from nation-states to hackers, are keen to exploit when privacy is neglected.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Without attention to these details, efforts to broaden participation in studies can unintentionally exclude or burden the very people researchers are working to include.
—Carrie Leach, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintentionally
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Lawmakers complained when the Justice Department made only a limited release last month, but officials said more time was needed to review an additional trove of documents that was discovered and to scour the records to ensure no sensitive information about victims was inadvertently released.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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But Morales and her husband had inadvertently left their license plates on the truck, and arrangements were made for Revuckas to return the plates on Monday, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said at a news conference Thursday.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In 1985, Marty McFly (played by Lucas Hallauer) is a skateboarding high schooler who is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time machine — ensconced in a DeLorean sports car — by nutty off-the-books scientist Doc Brown (David Josefsberg).—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mahomes on Wednesday accidentally got Chiefs fans excited about Kelce putting off retirement and returning for one more season.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But in their work on the MaxCut of graphs, Jin, Milojević, Tomon, and Zhang had unwittingly produced a hammer.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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One of those belongs to Arkansas-native Austin Reaves, who was unwittingly pitted against James this week during unfortunate speculation from James' agent and close friend Rich Paul.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Pine has been chosen, unconsciously or not, by Roper as his heir and executioner.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Stafford played unbelievably, unconsciously, and should win the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award in a week and a half.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The margins between top teams have shrunk, intangibles such as fit, culture and identity are more impactful than ever and the number of teams that can aspire to win a national championship seems to have expanded, fortuitously, along with the CFP.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The following week – fortuitously a bye week for the Knights – Curtis had his first chemo treatment at the Mayo Clinic.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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As flawed generative AI tools continue to be used carelessly, without the necessary follow-up work of checking for hallucinations, experts warn that agencies like NWS could inflict serious damage to their reputation and authority.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
7 Jan. 2026
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Florida has a prohibition on carelessly carrying a gun.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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There are questions about the rights of citizens versus non-citizens, the rights of the US to pull visas arbitrarily.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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What will be the nefarious next move from the cunning Lady Araminta Gun (Katie Leung) and the casually cruel Rosamund Li (Michelle Mao)?—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2026
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Local musicians rotate casually on and off the tiny stage.—
Phil Thomas,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Unintentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintentionally. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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