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Recent Examples of unpredictably
Outside the Jeoffry section, the poem celebrates goats, wine, the King of Sardinia, the Postmaster General, and on and unpredictably on, compiling one of the more eccentric inventories of creation.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
The pilots demonstrate CyRo’s capability in scenarios, highlighting its advantages, such as assembly on moving platforms where parts arrive unpredictably, handling transparent and reflective components, and adapting to new geometries without reprogramming.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Its unusual construction, featuring fewer panels than any ball before or since, meant a lack of ‘drag’, so the ball didn’t decelerate properly, and moved unpredictably late.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
As companies scaled, their cloud bills ballooned—often unpredictably.
—Mark Mahle, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Their medusa, or visible jellyfish stage, appears sporadically and unpredictably — a particular location might have them one year and not the next, even if conditions are similar.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025
With our encryption system, a hacker wouldn’t be able to access or understand the video data because it's scrambled using a quantum key that changes unpredictably.
—Yashas Hariprasad, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The Bell test is designed to determine whether the photons are behaving unpredictably, which would provide evidence that they are truly entangled.
—Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2025
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
The pilots demonstrate CyRo’s capability in scenarios, highlighting its advantages, such as assembly on moving platforms where parts arrive unpredictably, handling transparent and reflective components, and adapting to new geometries without reprogramming.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Its unusual construction, featuring fewer panels than any ball before or since, meant a lack of ‘drag’, so the ball didn’t decelerate properly, and moved unpredictably late.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
As companies scaled, their cloud bills ballooned—often unpredictably.
—Mark Mahle, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Their medusa, or visible jellyfish stage, appears sporadically and unpredictably — a particular location might have them one year and not the next, even if conditions are similar.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025
With our encryption system, a hacker wouldn’t be able to access or understand the video data because it's scrambled using a quantum key that changes unpredictably.
—Yashas Hariprasad, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
The Bell test is designed to determine whether the photons are behaving unpredictably, which would provide evidence that they are truly entangled.
—Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictably
Adverb
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In it, the scientists postulated an increased risk of death in people who fasted intermittently.—
Frederik Jötten,
Scientific American,
12 Sep. 2025
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Mating season is February to April, and females will lay one or two eggs per day intermittently during that period.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This book is a stylish pastiche, as an unnamed woman fitfully reconstructs herself under the thumb of a strange man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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According to Onyx’s mother, Chyna Sands, the shooting occurred after the family’s SUV, attempting to make room for the motorcyclists, unintentionally cut them off.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Pistorius said there was no evidence to suggest the drones veered off course unintentionally, and described the incident as a deliberate act.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In its lapses, Graff’s book, perhaps unconsciously, helps this dangerous temptation persist—along with the myth that the bombings were inevitable or unavoidable.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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When someone is known primarily for reliability, colleagues unconsciously pigeonhole them.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Some of the information inadvertently made public in this way included names and email addresses, meaning the participants of the chat could be identified.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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With runners on second and third, third baseman Matt Chapman made a diving stop of Andy Pages’ grounder and fired to Smith, who inadvertently did the splits.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Her therapist – who Heming Willis accidentally referred to her as her own caregiver – explained how normal these feelings were.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Take the quiz here … CELEBRITY CURVEBALL – Morgan Wallen accidentally hits baseball legend's wife with bat during concert entrance.—
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FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This journey for self-acceptance fortuitously leads to mentorship from the local drag community, showing Adolfo the importance of having the right people in your corner even outside of the ring.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Aug. 2025
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That depth is fortuitously within reach of the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover, which is set to launch to the Red Planet no earlier than 2028 and will carry a drill that can penetrate up to two meters below the planet’s surface.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
17 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The bug defecates in that bite or on a person’s face, and the person unwittingly wipes the feces into their eyes, nose or mouth.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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By endorsing films submitted through these entities, the Academy unwittingly supports a censorship system that excludes vital voices, especially those of independent filmmakers and the Iranian diaspora.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unpredictably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictably. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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