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Recent Examples of regrettably
Yesterday, the cast—regrettably sans Timothée Chalamet—gathered in London for a screening of the Bob Dylan biopic, where Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro delivered very different takes on their leading lady style.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict makes this movie regrettably timely.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
The segment regrettably races toward the conclusion, but at least there’s a motivation to Lisa’s violent actions.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Politics in America is now — regrettably — a contact sport.
—Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 6 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict makes this movie regrettably timely.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
The segment regrettably races toward the conclusion, but at least there’s a motivation to Lisa’s violent actions.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Politics in America is now — regrettably — a contact sport.
—Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regrettably
Adverb
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As of Monday morning, after an unfortunately characteristic several days of posting wildly offensive stuff, the rapper’s account was listed as deactivated.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Photos, unfortunately, lacks an auto-straighten tool.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
9 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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And sadly Harper and Will are at the SNL 50th [anniversary concert] that night.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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No doubt this film would have been a natural for theatres, even Imax, but, sadly for AMC, the Skydance production for Apple Original Films is headed straight to streaming.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The Palestinian population would live unhappily, but under the day-to-day administration of a Palestinian government.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Although Hemingway had been somewhat happily employed by the Toronto Star Weekly as a foreign correspondent since 1921, in 1923 he was unhappily transferred to feature writing for the Toronto Daily Star under the notorious Hindmarsh.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Jan. 2025
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