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Recent Examples of egregiously
Apple is late to the party on implementing WebGL, but not egregiously so.
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ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
In North Carolina, as in other Southern states, newspapers in the Jim Crow era often egregiously exaggerated stories about Black criminality.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The younger Chávez has battled drug addiction for much of his boxing career, failing drug tests, serving suspensions and egregiously missing weight while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to the sport.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
In North Carolina, as in other Southern states, newspapers in the Jim Crow era often egregiously exaggerated stories about Black criminality.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The younger Chávez has battled drug addiction for much of his boxing career, failing drug tests, serving suspensions and egregiously missing weight while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to the sport.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egregiously
Adverb
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The clean tech sector's frenzied growth during Biden-era policy has slowed but, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise are grossly exaggerated.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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In 2008, a slight majority of state voters were persuaded by Schwarzenegger’s hard sell and a grossly dishonest official ballot argument to provide just under $10 billion in bond seed money for a $43 billion statewide bullet-train system that they were told would be complete by 2020.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Egregiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egregiously. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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