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Recent Examples of sensationally
Now, there is a very, very big difference between words that may indirectly foster violence and policies that directly carry them out, and calling out someone sensationally is not the same as shooting them in the streets, full stop.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
The Dátil Coffee Shop serves speciality coffee from Mexico’s top coffee-growing regions, such as Chiapas and Oaxaca, sweet pastries, and sensationally good chocolate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Kris Letang was sensationally bad most of the game, turning the puck over four times in the first period.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Vartkessian renders them neither clinically nor sensationally—a fine line to walk—and cherry-picking details for this review feels grossly reductive, like a thumbnail sketch of a scene of desolation.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Bardot started releasing music in the ’60s, collaborating with Bob Zagury, Sacha Distel, and, most sensationally, Serge Gainsbourg.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Dec. 2025
That means something utterly and sensationally surprising will happen Sunday.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
The Dátil Coffee Shop serves speciality coffee from Mexico’s top coffee-growing regions, such as Chiapas and Oaxaca, sweet pastries, and sensationally good chocolate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Kris Letang was sensationally bad most of the game, turning the puck over four times in the first period.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Vartkessian renders them neither clinically nor sensationally—a fine line to walk—and cherry-picking details for this review feels grossly reductive, like a thumbnail sketch of a scene of desolation.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Bardot started releasing music in the ’60s, collaborating with Bob Zagury, Sacha Distel, and, most sensationally, Serge Gainsbourg.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Dec. 2025
That means something utterly and sensationally surprising will happen Sunday.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensationally
Adverb
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The staff is wonderfully friendly and casual, providing seamless service without being obsequious.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
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This one is simple yet does the job wonderfully.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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John Houseman tippy toes briefly as a dry old bean and stuffy grammarian, emblematic of the stultified staff at Fox’s magazine of employment; unfortunately, Houseman’s marvelously fussy presence is only one of the film’s intermittent garnishes, most of which are never developed and never pay off.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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The baritone, Vincent Casagrande, a marvelously cantankerous Prisoner, tells us only sick people dream, and of course everyone on stage automatically enters a dream state.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Lane was happy to recommend the A7C II as a superbly performing all-rounder.—
Paul Brett,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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But Giolito remained on the free agent market nearly one month into the regular season before landing with the Padres, who are pitching superbly despite major upheaval and injury problems in their rotation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This root veggie is known for its deliciously sweet, earthy flavor and high vitamin C content.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2026
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Someone once thought that butter, brown sugar, and pineapple should cook together at the bottom of a cast-iron skillet to make a deliciously gooey topping for a cake when flipped over.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Lotte Wubben-Moy A very good season with Arsenal, in part thanks to Williamson’s injury problems, means she was trusted to start against Spain, and Wubben-Moy performed excellently.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Mullvad performed excellently during our latest round of tests.—
Justyn Newman,
PC Magazine,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Unlike her earlier Fame Monster remixes, which served utilitarian club fodder to capitalize on her debut, Dawn delightfully surrendered its source material to a wise cast of pop, rap, and dance tinkerers like Ashnikko and Dorian Electra.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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The technique is dead simple (all by hand) and takes a delightfully heavy hand with spices.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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The Midwest has no shortage of wide-open highways, but what makes a plains-state drive memorable are the gloriously strange things waiting just off the interstate.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the writer-director behind The Green Knight and A Ghost Story has taken the most accessible subject imaginable — stratospheric pop stardom — and made something wonderfully, gloriously weird out of it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Her apartment is lined with charmingly immoderate stacks of books, and morning coffee steams in a Yaddo mug.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Storing items in baskets can make your space feel warm, inviting, and charmingly lived-in.—
Nina Derwin,
Martha Stewart,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Sensationally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensationally. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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