unknowingly

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Recent Examples of unknowingly Millions of users have unknowingly become proxy nodes after installing free VPNs or dubious browser extensions, allowing attackers to create fake accounts, scrape data at scale and commit promo and payment fraud. — Dan Pinto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 She’s unknowingly fallen into the clutches of a demented, powerless warlock (McLeod) bent on stealing her power for his own. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be mixed in unknowingly with other drugs, was especially dangerous. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Initially, the series was set in London, but fortunately, this was abandoned in favor of an imaginary city, Faybridge, where magicians and non-magicians unknowingly coexist. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Virtual interviews may have helped mask body size from admissions committees, leading them to unknowingly accept more fat applicants. — Jessica Rosenblum, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026 Coach Hudson defends Ricky to Gerry’s face, but privately lectures his daughter about the optics of their close relationship as a female football coach and tells her to put some space between her and Chad (and unknowingly, Russ). — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026 Much of the screen time communicating with other young people on the internet — some of the contacts are unknowingly mature adults — takes place late at night and into the wee morning hours. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 There are still a lot of lines that the school can cross unknowingly that may be constitutional issues. — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowingly
Adverb
  • There’s also evidence that some mimicry happens unconsciously.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps the actions of England’s peasantry made such a formative impression on young Greengrass that he was unconsciously drawn to other stories with a similar thematic undercurrent.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Everyone had a tiny role to play, but unwittingly and based on incomplete information.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Geisinger isn’t the only hospital where young patients have unwittingly been exposed.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Misgendering means using incorrect pronouns or other gendered language for someone, intentionally or unintentionally.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After internet access was made available unintentionally, the model hacked into multiple real firms.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Unknowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowingly. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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