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Recent Examples of accidentally
The teen had accidentally shot himself in the lower body, investigators said.
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Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
The silicone prosthetics were incredibly thin, which meant that putting a ring through them could rip them if they were accidentally tugged or pulled too hard.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 3 Feb. 2026
Cher went viral for accidentally declaring Luther Vandross as the Record of the Year winner instead of SZA and Kendrick Lamar.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Anderson had accidentally discovered antimatter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
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Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
The silicone prosthetics were incredibly thin, which meant that putting a ring through them could rip them if they were accidentally tugged or pulled too hard.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 3 Feb. 2026
Cher went viral for accidentally declaring Luther Vandross as the Record of the Year winner instead of SZA and Kendrick Lamar.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Anderson had accidentally discovered antimatter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accidentally
Adverb
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Investors don’t want to inadvertently cheer on weakening job growth that could negatively impact consumer spending and economic growth, hurting stock prices.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Raskin assailed Bondi for failing to release all of the government's Epstein files as Congress directed while inadvertently revealing the names of women who accused Epstein of abuse.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Sanitize pruning tools afterward to avoid unintentionally transferring spores elsewhere.—
Rachel Gillett,
Martha Stewart,
10 Feb. 2026
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Which means that, while donation bins are one of the cheaper collection tools to scale, local rules may unintentionally choke off the collection network that the law depends on, especially as collection volumes rise.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Too many parents, probably unwittingly, are conditioning their kids to be afraid of losing.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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But in their work on the MaxCut of graphs, Jin, Milojević, Tomon, and Zhang had unwittingly produced a hammer.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Pine has been chosen, unconsciously or not, by Roper as his heir and executioner.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Stafford played unbelievably, unconsciously, and should win the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award in a week and a half.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The margins between top teams have shrunk, intangibles such as fit, culture and identity are more impactful than ever and the number of teams that can aspire to win a national championship seems to have expanded, fortuitously, along with the CFP.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The following week – fortuitously a bye week for the Knights – Curtis had his first chemo treatment at the Mayo Clinic.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Nov. 2025
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As flawed generative AI tools continue to be used carelessly, without the necessary follow-up work of checking for hallucinations, experts warn that agencies like NWS could inflict serious damage to their reputation and authority.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
7 Jan. 2026
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Florida has a prohibition on carelessly carrying a gun.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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What never occurred to me was the need to explicitly ban vaping until my date casually produced a crackling Juul mid-screening.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Accidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accidentally. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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