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Recent Examples of unintentionally
Live ants carry the risk of parasites, while freezing or dehydrating the insects can unintentionally allow harmful bacteria to flourish.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Leaders should evaluate whether their clinical spaces support deep healing or unintentionally frustrate it.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
That requirement aimed to ensure that new laws would not discriminate against Black voters, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
The comedian previously spoke with Complex in July about unintentionally becoming a subversive style icon for his baggy look.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
This means that Apple, either intentionally or unintentionally, fixed the issue.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Masking in autism refers to individuals who intentionally or unintentionally hide their autistic features.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
But these rules may unintentionally eliminate some of the few places where class mixing still occurs.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Many workplaces unintentionally reward over-optimism.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Leaders should evaluate whether their clinical spaces support deep healing or unintentionally frustrate it.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
That requirement aimed to ensure that new laws would not discriminate against Black voters, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
The comedian previously spoke with Complex in July about unintentionally becoming a subversive style icon for his baggy look.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
This means that Apple, either intentionally or unintentionally, fixed the issue.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Masking in autism refers to individuals who intentionally or unintentionally hide their autistic features.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
But these rules may unintentionally eliminate some of the few places where class mixing still occurs.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Many workplaces unintentionally reward over-optimism.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintentionally
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And their luck might not change anytime soon, with Beijing ramping up its reliance on South America — inadvertently aided the US Treasury’s financial lifeline provided to Argentina in recent weeks.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The President is dead, and Kate’s husband Hal (Sewell) may have inadvertently killed him.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Despite being the spontaneous, happy-go-lucky friend in the group chat, saying yes to a friend’s get-together could lead to you accidentally having to be in three places at once.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Midway through the third quarter, the three-time WNBA champion headed to the locker room after Sims accidentally stepped on her foot.—
Frank Nunns O'Connell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Starring Dakota Johnson as an aspiring dancer who unwittingly finds herself surrounded by witches at an elite Berlin dance school, Guadagnino’s take is less Italian giallo and more an exercise in slowly creeping dread.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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As the diplomats in New York recognized, contrary to the claims of Smotrich—and some left-wing critics who have unwittingly accepted his framing—the presence of settlers is not an existential threat to the possibility of territorial compromise.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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The way children unconsciously cover walls in their passions.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sales teams unconsciously memorize product specs between REM cycles.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This journey for self-acceptance fortuitously leads to mentorship from the local drag community, showing Adolfo the importance of having the right people in your corner even outside of the ring.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Aug. 2025
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That depth is fortuitously within reach of the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover, which is set to launch to the Red Planet no earlier than 2028 and will carry a drill that can penetrate up to two meters below the planet’s surface.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
17 Aug. 2025
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Wallets, coins, and rings are carelessly passed around this little society, and messages are corrupted—from Orsino’s wooing of Olivia, which is accidentally undone by his own go-between, Viola, to the letters that deceive Malvolio.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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But also just a touch ironic — like a man handing out fire safety pamphlets while carelessly flipping burgers over a bonfire on his porch.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Suiter claimed the county was unable to specifically itemize the various charges that summed to $25,000 — apart from the additional $8,000 for parking — and that the figure had been determined arbitrarily, both allegations that Krueger disputed.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Even arbitrarily far into the future, or all the way back before the hot Big Bang, the Universe would never truly be empty.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The reformation of the band was casually dropped on the surprised crowd in Cleveland partway through what started off as a far less momentous conversation.—
Annie Zaleski,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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The linen blend textile feels casually elegant and the grommet rail line ensures the drapes will move smoothly on any rod.—
Shoko Wanger,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Unintentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintentionally. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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