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Recent Examples of unsurprisingly
During the 1970s portions, Wohl allows in an ominous awareness of the rise of the Moral Majority and of Ronald Reagan off in the distance (Isidora’s, unsurprisingly, a fan).
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
His coach is unsurprisingly far more concerned with the former.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The city is unsurprisingly full of haunted spaces, but Muriel’s restaurant by Jackson Square is for those who want just a side of spooky.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
The illusion of wealth can encourage people to take on more debt — and unsurprisingly, home-equity loans and loans against 401(k)s have become more common.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
His coach is unsurprisingly far more concerned with the former.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The city is unsurprisingly full of haunted spaces, but Muriel’s restaurant by Jackson Square is for those who want just a side of spooky.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
The illusion of wealth can encourage people to take on more debt — and unsurprisingly, home-equity loans and loans against 401(k)s have become more common.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsurprisingly
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Expanding options for patients For people with high LDL cholesterol who may not respond sufficiently to commonly used treatments like statins alone, there is already the option to take injectable cholesterol-lowering PCSK9 inhibitors that are currently on the market.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Matthew Hunt gardens in the Talega enclave within the city of San Clemente, and praises his purple Polygala x dalmaisiana, commonly known as sweet pea shrub.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Sadly, if expectedly, that won’t be the case.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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What caught my ear was that almost every song was extremely (and expectedly) laidback—the honeyed melodies of Z-Ro, the syrupy flows of Big Pokey—except for the twerk music of the late BeatKing.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
17 Oct. 2025
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Not surprisingly, the younger newcomers don’t display quite the same flair yet, but there’s obviously room to grow with a fourth film in the series already announced.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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And obviously, if they're geographically dispersed, that's better.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Unsurprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsurprisingly. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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