unnaturally

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Recent Examples of unnaturally And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025 The lights were on, but the house seemed unnaturally quiet. Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025 Zombies are what happen when a juvenile life stage is unnaturally protracted. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025 California wildlife officials are urging hunters and trappers to remain vigilant after several wild pigs in Monterey County were discovered with unnaturally blue flesh, an indication that the animals may have ingested rodent poison commonly used in agricultural pest control. Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unnaturally
artificially
Adverb
  • Since the release of ChatGPT, in 2022, colleges and universities have been engaged in an experiment to discover whether artificially intelligent chatbots and the liberal-arts tradition can coexist.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Means to repair or regrow cartilage artificially, however, could slow or even halt this process, and there are already some products on the market that function in this capacity.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Unnaturally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnaturally. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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