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Recent Examples of regrettably
These flashbacks, regrettably, take up significantly more run time than the baseball and are tragically boring.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors, too.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Love, regrettably, couldn’t make the Sundance premiere.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
Security, regrettably, must be deployed in places it was not previously thought necessary.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for regrettably
James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors, too.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Love, regrettably, couldn’t make the Sundance premiere.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
Security, regrettably, must be deployed in places it was not previously thought necessary.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regrettably
Adverb
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Some -- sometimes, unfortunately, some of those briefings leak.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps unfortunately for Flagg, some ROY voters probably tuned out the Mavericks during this 4-24 late-season skid, but according to the betting platform Kalshi, Knueppel’s percentage lead dipped from 60%-40% to start this week to 52%-46% on Wednesday.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But, sadly, sometimes people do go leak classified information in those big settings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ride sadly passed away July 23, 2012, at the age of 61, following a battle with a terminal illness.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Love Story's critics have pointed out the bizarre nature of the all-consuming 2026 ‘trends’ based on the aesthetic taste of a famously private person—one who died tragically over 25 years ago, at that.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the show does end where real life tragically ended, with the death of JFK Jr, Carolyn, and her sister Lauren.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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How many of my life decisions have been made in reaction to feeling unhappily married?—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even at the elite level, some runners thrive under the long-term guidance of a coach, others seem to bounce unhappily from coach to coach, and a few—Frank Shorter, Patrick Sang, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are notable examples—have mostly preferred to call their own shots.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Regrettably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regrettably. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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