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Recent Examples of artificially
The steering has a natural, connected feel that's not artificially weighted, but is genuinely communicative.
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New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accusing nine multistate marijuana companies of rigging the game to keep cannabis prices artificially high.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
In 2008, towards the beginning of his presidency, Barack Obama frequently berated oil speculators for artificially inflating prices.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Express Scripts, a major pharmacy benefit manager owned by Cigna, reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday over accusations of artificially inflating insulin prices.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
And if the astrocytes were artificially activated, the fish stopped right away.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
This was a theatrical curiosity — the idea that ice could be made artificially.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2026
For instance, Salt River Project and ASU have parked a device atop a cooling tower in one of the utility’s power plants, leveraging the artificially humid environment around the tower to sip on some of the escaping vapor.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The company shipped patients excessive volumes of devices each month, using these fraudulent billings to artificially inflate the company’s financial reporting and its stock price, the government alleged.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accusing nine multistate marijuana companies of rigging the game to keep cannabis prices artificially high.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
In 2008, towards the beginning of his presidency, Barack Obama frequently berated oil speculators for artificially inflating prices.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Express Scripts, a major pharmacy benefit manager owned by Cigna, reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday over accusations of artificially inflating insulin prices.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
And if the astrocytes were artificially activated, the fish stopped right away.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
This was a theatrical curiosity — the idea that ice could be made artificially.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2026
For instance, Salt River Project and ASU have parked a device atop a cooling tower in one of the utility’s power plants, leveraging the artificially humid environment around the tower to sip on some of the escaping vapor.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The company shipped patients excessive volumes of devices each month, using these fraudulent billings to artificially inflate the company’s financial reporting and its stock price, the government alleged.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artificially
unnaturally
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The water is actually unnaturally clear because more than 400 trillion invasive Black Sea quagga mussels have taken over the bottom of the lake.—
Theodore J. Karamanski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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While the rodents might be hibernating, there's no need to worry about woodchucks called upon for winter forecasting duties on Groundhog Day since they aren't necessarily being unnaturally stirred from their natural processes.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Artificially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artificially. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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