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Recent Examples of unknowingly
As the season comes to a close, Ashley and Austin unknowingly fall dangerously deeper into the crime orchestrated by Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung).
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
In the same scene, a young girl pulls out her teeth, puts a dead woman's dentures in her bloody mouth, and spits onto a plate of food that other characters unknowingly eat.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Victims who entered their information unknowingly handed over access to their accounts.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
At a wedding a decade after the crime, a bride (spectacularly sung by Jacquelyn Stucker) is unknowingly marrying into the killer’s family; his brother is her groom.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Somebody brings home this mower and unknowingly grows a great lawn and uses less water, fertilizer and pesticide.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Apr. 2026
Fraudulent streaming schemes can happen to major artists either unknowingly or through the actions of a third party.
—Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 30 Mar. 2026
The two met over coffee in the over-50 matchmaking site OurTime — despite Lamott having unknowingly rejected Allen earlier on the same site.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Woodard said she had unknowingly been booked on an American Airlines bus service that transports passengers between the two cities, rather than a traditional flight.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
In the same scene, a young girl pulls out her teeth, puts a dead woman's dentures in her bloody mouth, and spits onto a plate of food that other characters unknowingly eat.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Victims who entered their information unknowingly handed over access to their accounts.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
At a wedding a decade after the crime, a bride (spectacularly sung by Jacquelyn Stucker) is unknowingly marrying into the killer’s family; his brother is her groom.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Somebody brings home this mower and unknowingly grows a great lawn and uses less water, fertilizer and pesticide.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Apr. 2026
Fraudulent streaming schemes can happen to major artists either unknowingly or through the actions of a third party.
—Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 30 Mar. 2026
The two met over coffee in the over-50 matchmaking site OurTime — despite Lamott having unknowingly rejected Allen earlier on the same site.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Woodard said she had unknowingly been booked on an American Airlines bus service that transports passengers between the two cities, rather than a traditional flight.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowingly
Adverb
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At university, Karp focused his research on how people unconsciously transfer aggression through language.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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In presenting the Best Actor winners, Adrien Brody perfectly, if perhaps unconsciously, echoed Johnson’s remarks from more than 50 years earlier.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In her latest Netflix action effort, Theron plays a woman who sets off on a trip to Australia to soothe her grief but unwittingly crosses paths with Egerton’s unnerving hunter, who forces her into a game of cat and mouse.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The latter post was criticized by Ben Stiller for using footage from his 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder, which follows a group of actors who are unwittingly dropped into a Southeast Asian war zone.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But Yun got to have a lot of fun with Lindsay’s in-show taste in design, and how unintentionally telling it is — both of her life experiences, pulling a lot from British cottage eclecticism, and her need to be in control of one aspect of her life.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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No one’s there to help provide guidance to those schools that may be intentionally or unintentionally denied access to equal educational opportunities for English learners.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Unknowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowingly. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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