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as in recklessly
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as in wastefully
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Recent Examples of wantonly
Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wantonly
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The witness to the crash agreed that Mulligan had driven recklessly.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Those are vast quantities, but the researchers said that definitely doesn’t mean there is plenty of water to recklessly use up.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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On a pretty dead pitch offering very little to the bowlers, the quartet wastefully surrendered their wickets for all that England deserved credit (particularly Archer) for persistence and a generally probing line after what had been a fairly disastrous start to the day from Carse.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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This new thing got its start three years ago when artist Luna Palazzolo-Daboul and a couple of friends, desperately seeking affordable working studios, rented vacant spaces in the basement for dirt cheap, then started spreading the word.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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Detroit desperately needed help at center, a year after Frank Ragnow's retirement left a huge void, and general manager Brad Holmes addressed it with perhaps his most significant transaction this year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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And if the calm of the room interior hasn’t quite washed away the busy day, the indulgently oversized marble bathtubs certainly will.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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Nahill is even featured in a video, indulgently attempting to snack on a donut, before Tyson, now a de facto spokesperson for HHS’ healthy foods initiatives, slaps it out of his hand.—
Chelsea Cirruzzo,
STAT,
27 Feb. 2026
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On Halloween, the Celtics earned a 109-108 win of their own, then comfortably won the final matchup on March 1 by a 114-98 margin.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Already, the Orlando area’s rental costs, which spiked 39% between 2019 and 2023, leave many lower-income residents paying far more for housing than their incomes comfortably allow, according to the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Wantonly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wantonly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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