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His decision to quit is regrettable.
It was a regrettable mistake.
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In the ensuing moments, a regrettable scuffle with a group of NYPD officers resulted in an officer’s injury and my arrest.
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Susan Zhuang, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
The modern explosion of cooperative games dates to the introduction of Pandemic in 2008, which opened the world of co-op titles beyond role-playing games and mysteries (plus a number of regrettable IP tie-in games).
—Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
The preservation of the balance of power was invoked as a goal to guide states; war, although regrettable, was seen as a legitimate element of the system.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
Stars Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Sean Murphy, Chris Bassitt and Sean Manaea were all headliners in five separate regrettable trades during the A’s mass teardown of 2022, netting Oakland 17 players.
—Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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Susan Zhuang, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
The modern explosion of cooperative games dates to the introduction of Pandemic in 2008, which opened the world of co-op titles beyond role-playing games and mysteries (plus a number of regrettable IP tie-in games).
—Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
The preservation of the balance of power was invoked as a goal to guide states; war, although regrettable, was seen as a legitimate element of the system.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
Stars Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Sean Murphy, Chris Bassitt and Sean Manaea were all headliners in five separate regrettable trades during the A’s mass teardown of 2022, netting Oakland 17 players.
—Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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“Regrettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regrettable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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regrettable
adjective
re·gret·ta·ble
ri-ˈgret-ə-bəl 
: deserving regret
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