unknowingly

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Recent Examples of unknowingly People with chronic hepatitis B may have no symptoms and may not know they are infected, allowing the virus to spread unknowingly within families and communities. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026 And in February 2025, the Japanese military discovered that some of its members had unknowingly circulated for over a year USB sticks that carried malware used by Chinese hacker groups. — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026 Hottel noted that travelers can unknowingly carry bedbugs onto planes, into hotels and eventually back home. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 But consuming these drugs unknowingly is very different from taking them under medical supervision. — Andrew Yockey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 During a flight from Moscow to Hong Kong in March, 1994, the pilot allowed his teen-age son to sit at the controls of the plane, and the boy unknowingly disengaged the autopilot. — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 About 10 minutes after Jerry said this, Schottenheimer unknowingly disagreed with the point. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026 A little less than 18 months ago, Ukraine carried out a sneak drone attack in which forces smuggled them into Russian territory and waited until the truck that was unknowingly carrying them got close to Russian bases. — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026 There, Calderon was given a lot of paperwork and unknowingly signed a voluntary departure document, according to Sublet. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowingly
Adverb
  • If presented with something to grip, even unconsciously, many jaws will.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Our brain makes these predictions both consciously and unconsciously, relying on past sensory and physical experience to run the odds.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Throughout this story, the husband is unwittingly chasing a sense of relief.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In the second film of the two-part blockbuster, Elphaba’s spell to save Prince Fiyero’s life unwittingly transforms him into a scarecrow.
    — Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • However, some of the ballot language in Measure G unintentionally repealed Measure J — an administrative error that was discovered in June 2025.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • There are so many organizations working to protect the voting process -- including many that cannot legally coordinate with each other -- that some officials involved worry about unintentionally creating chaos outside polling locations.
    — STEVE PEOPLES, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Unknowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowingly. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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