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Adverb
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The Raine family’s lawsuit is one of at least three against AI companies accused of insufficiently safeguarding minors in their use of AI chatbots.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025 -
That can leave infections insufficiently treated, ultimately fueling the fire of resistance.—
NPR,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Each said the department's practices are inadequately protecting students.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And as federal agents and local police wrongly focussed on Richard Jewell, a security guard who had spotted the suspicious package and should have been hailed as a hero, the real bomber disappeared.—
John Archibald,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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The attorney representing a former Charlotte volunteer football coach accused of shooting at a southwest Charlotte home said his client has been wrongly accused.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Many adults mistakenly assume that Medicare will pay for long-term care services when, in fact, Medicaid is the primary funding source.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
5 Nov. 2025
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Trump has also mistakenly claimed that China and Russia are currently testing nuclear weapons and directed the incorrect agency — the Department of War — to resume testing rather than the Department of Energy, which oversees the nation’s nuclear warheads, Sanders-Zakre said.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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During the previous school year, the boy strangled and choked a teacher and pulled up a female classmate’s dress and touched her inappropriately on the school playground, the lawsuit claims.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sheriff’s officials said that Jaekel also asked one of the children for nude pictures of herself and that each of the four victims witnessed Jaekel inappropriately touching the other female family members.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Gabbard denied behaving improperly and suggested the accusations were politically motivated.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Broth was being improperly cooled in the walk-in refrigerator.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Sepsis is a condition where the body responds incorrectly to an infection, causing damage to the organs, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Previously, multiple scientific studies performed by medical professionals revealed that bystanders were hesitant to perform CPR due to fear of doing it incorrectly or discomfort with mouth-to-mouth breathing.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Unpromisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpromisingly. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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