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Recent Examples of regrettably
Desperate for a good show, U.S. opens today (Sunday evening) vs. Trinidad & Tobago -- but sans several stars including Christian Pulisic who are regrettably not competing in the Gold Cup.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
The film is worth catching mostly as an opportunity to enjoy Freaky Friday star Harris, an idiosyncratically charming actress who left behind a regrettably brief Hollywood résumé.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 13 June 2025
And regrettably, something that’s true in America right now is that the president of the United States has absolutely no regard, and in fact has contempt, for basic American principles and basic common decency.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
That doesn’t mean that there were not many victims, a disproportionate number of victims that regrettably should have been prevented, maybe by a better or more effective military operation.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
The film is worth catching mostly as an opportunity to enjoy Freaky Friday star Harris, an idiosyncratically charming actress who left behind a regrettably brief Hollywood résumé.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 13 June 2025
And regrettably, something that’s true in America right now is that the president of the United States has absolutely no regard, and in fact has contempt, for basic American principles and basic common decency.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
That doesn’t mean that there were not many victims, a disproportionate number of victims that regrettably should have been prevented, maybe by a better or more effective military operation.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regrettably
Adverb
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Germany, at the time [in 2019,] wasn't fully ready for this drag show, so unfortunately after one season that kind of stopped.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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But, the spectacle unfortunately won't be visible in the U.S. When is the next solar eclipse?—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
Adverb
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But sadly, neither of the adoptions in recent years in either Madison or Michigan survived for long, the Smithsonian report says.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the biggest of these is a sadly inescapable one: What if Chadwick Boseman hadn’t died?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
Adverb
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Some lived unhappily at the club, unable to maximise their talent or contribute to success.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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These checks on presidential powers have not only been heeded by the men in power, however unhappily, but have become part of case law.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2025
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“Regrettably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regrettably. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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