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Recent Examples of chronically
For years, housing experts have cited modular construction as a way for California to accelerate development and tame chronically high building costs.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Nebraska, which received $218 million for the rural health grants' first installment, plans to spend some $90 million on healthier food options at schools, recruiting more health care workers and mobile sensors to remotely monitor chronically ill patients in rural areas, among other things.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, roughly 100 chronically unprofitable restaurants continue to drain profits, Bloomberg reported.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Muscles taking on extra work fatigue faster and become chronically overloaded, while the muscles meant to do their job weaken further.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
That said, chronically elevated cortisol from sustained stress, poor sleep or overexercising does produce real effects.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
As an industrious and self-reliant senior, Ringwald essentially baby-sits her chronically myopic father (Harry Dean Stanton), sews her own clothes and contends with the condescension of her patrician peers.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
For people like Pedraza, the bigger concern is San Joaquin County’s chronically low supply of high-paying jobs.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Victim advocacy roles such as shelter managers and housing navigators, which sometimes require a graduate degree, are already chronically underpaid.
—Kaelyn Lara, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Nebraska, which received $218 million for the rural health grants' first installment, plans to spend some $90 million on healthier food options at schools, recruiting more health care workers and mobile sensors to remotely monitor chronically ill patients in rural areas, among other things.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, roughly 100 chronically unprofitable restaurants continue to drain profits, Bloomberg reported.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Muscles taking on extra work fatigue faster and become chronically overloaded, while the muscles meant to do their job weaken further.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
That said, chronically elevated cortisol from sustained stress, poor sleep or overexercising does produce real effects.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
As an industrious and self-reliant senior, Ringwald essentially baby-sits her chronically myopic father (Harry Dean Stanton), sews her own clothes and contends with the condescension of her patrician peers.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
For people like Pedraza, the bigger concern is San Joaquin County’s chronically low supply of high-paying jobs.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Victim advocacy roles such as shelter managers and housing navigators, which sometimes require a graduate degree, are already chronically underpaid.
—Kaelyn Lara, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronically
Adverb
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Gerhardt Konig hoped Thursday to persuade a Hawaiian jury that hitting his wife repeatedly with a rock was self-defense.—
April 2,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Trump repeatedly publicly praised and defended Bondi but also showed flashes of impatience with his attorney general’s efforts to meet his demands to prosecute his rivals.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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And even after a deep cleaning, a sponge will still contain germs that can thrive because of the perpetually moist environment.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Gummer’s Caroline is a woman perpetually composed in public and shattered in private.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Last stop on the Hernandez itinerary was invariably Hialeah, no matter where seniors lived, Shackelford wrote.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Aging well, invariably, means different things to different people.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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During this stretch run, school is constantly in session for the Charlotte Hornets.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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That information will be constantly updated beginning about one minute after liftoff until Orion begins its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere about 10 days later.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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With 10 seconds left, Duke freshman guard Cayden Boozer made a bad pass, which led to a turnover around halfcourt, and Mullins hoisted a 35-foot three to cement himself in UConn lore eternally.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Tua should be eternally grateful an organization was dumb enough to give him that contract.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In an ideal world, the trade paperback is the format for longevity, the kind of book that is perennially in stock and available at your favorite local indie so that new readers can find it again and again.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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This makes Best Documentary perennially one of the hardest categories to figure out, since the movies that win the precursors often don’t make the cut with Oscar — including this year, as PGA winner My Mom Jayne and DGA winner 2000 Meters to Andriivka both missed out.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Tamura’s fellow medical students came to visit him after orientation, and continually checked in on him.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The show continually wobbles between these two poles.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This article is being continuously updated.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Planes don’t crash during turbulence because their wings continuously generate lift and the surrounding air remains intact, similarly to a boat riding waves.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Chronically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronically. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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