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Recent Examples of unnaturally
Sigur screamed unnaturally loud for everyone within earshot to hear.
—
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 1 June 2026
New segments start looking leggy, which means unnaturally long and thin.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
His baritone vocals are well presented, falling neatly into the frequency range the speaker likes to emphasize, though they are unnaturally boosted in some of his lowest notes.
—Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Some of the earliest sculptures ever depict naked women with unnaturally exaggerated breasts, hips and pubic triangles, but scholars still disagree about how to interpret them.
—Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
The water is actually unnaturally clear because more than 400 trillion invasive Black Sea quagga mussels have taken over the bottom of the lake.
—Theodore J. Karamanski, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
While the rodents might be hibernating, there's no need to worry about woodchucks called upon for winter forecasting duties on Groundhog Day since they aren't necessarily being unnaturally stirred from their natural processes.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
For instance, if a listener’s pupils dilate unnaturally during a conversation, signifying strain, the hearing aid could automatically engage a more aggressive noise suppression mode or narrow its directional microphone beam.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2026
Slender Man himself emerged years earlier, in 2009, from a chilling online illustration depicting an unnaturally tall, faceless figure with long, tentacle-like limbs.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 1 June 2026
New segments start looking leggy, which means unnaturally long and thin.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
His baritone vocals are well presented, falling neatly into the frequency range the speaker likes to emphasize, though they are unnaturally boosted in some of his lowest notes.
—Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Some of the earliest sculptures ever depict naked women with unnaturally exaggerated breasts, hips and pubic triangles, but scholars still disagree about how to interpret them.
—Anna Swartwood House, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
The water is actually unnaturally clear because more than 400 trillion invasive Black Sea quagga mussels have taken over the bottom of the lake.
—Theodore J. Karamanski, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
While the rodents might be hibernating, there's no need to worry about woodchucks called upon for winter forecasting duties on Groundhog Day since they aren't necessarily being unnaturally stirred from their natural processes.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
For instance, if a listener’s pupils dilate unnaturally during a conversation, signifying strain, the hearing aid could automatically engage a more aggressive noise suppression mode or narrow its directional microphone beam.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2026
Slender Man himself emerged years earlier, in 2009, from a chilling online illustration depicting an unnaturally tall, faceless figure with long, tentacle-like limbs.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unnaturally
artificially
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One casualty of this dire outcome is a threat to Fed independence, notes Fortune’s Nick Lichtenberg, if it were forced to artificially lower rates in order to make borrowing cheaper.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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Because of eggs’ unique properties, artificially engineering them is a difficult task.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
28 May 2026
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“Unnaturally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnaturally. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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