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Recent Examples of unconsciously
Pine has been chosen, unconsciously or not, by Roper as his heir and executioner.
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Stafford played unbelievably, unconsciously, and should win the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award in a week and a half.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
That was a privilege to have that much time to process something, almost unconsciously but also consciously.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
What art aims for consciously or unconsciously—that boundary between mystery and what can be known, between the hidden and what can be seen.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
That’s because some patients may unconsciously feel stressed about the blood pressure checkup at the doctor’s office, which can actually raise blood pressure rates and keep the doctor from getting an accurate reading.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2025
The author recalled having a nightmare about his own family and unconsciously tapping into his personal dilemmas, which provided the basis for the book by the time the sun rose.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The way children unconsciously cover walls in their passions.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Sales teams unconsciously memorize product specs between REM cycles.
—Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Stafford played unbelievably, unconsciously, and should win the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award in a week and a half.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
That was a privilege to have that much time to process something, almost unconsciously but also consciously.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
What art aims for consciously or unconsciously—that boundary between mystery and what can be known, between the hidden and what can be seen.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
That’s because some patients may unconsciously feel stressed about the blood pressure checkup at the doctor’s office, which can actually raise blood pressure rates and keep the doctor from getting an accurate reading.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2025
The author recalled having a nightmare about his own family and unconsciously tapping into his personal dilemmas, which provided the basis for the book by the time the sun rose.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The way children unconsciously cover walls in their passions.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Sales teams unconsciously memorize product specs between REM cycles.
—Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsciously
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Meth users, for instance, typically smoke the drug, and commingling pipes with people who use fentanyl risks meth users overdosing after unwittingly smoking leftover fentanyl residue.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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Their parents, grandparents even, unwittingly passed on a childhood of playoff heartbreak.—
Sam McDowell
February 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Investors don’t want to inadvertently cheer on weakening job growth that could negatively impact consumer spending and economic growth, hurting stock prices.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Raskin assailed Bondi for failing to release all of the government's Epstein files as Congress directed while inadvertently revealing the names of women who accused Epstein of abuse.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Sanitize pruning tools afterward to avoid unintentionally transferring spores elsewhere.—
Rachel Gillett,
Martha Stewart,
10 Feb. 2026
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Which means that, while donation bins are one of the cheaper collection tools to scale, local rules may unintentionally choke off the collection network that the law depends on, especially as collection volumes rise.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In 1985, Marty McFly (played by Lucas Hallauer) is a skateboarding high schooler who is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time machine — ensconced in a DeLorean sports car — by nutty off-the-books scientist Doc Brown (David Josefsberg).—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Mahomes on Wednesday accidentally got Chiefs fans excited about Kelce putting off retirement and returning for one more season.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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What never occurred to me was the need to explicitly ban vaping until my date casually produced a crackling Juul mid-screening.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Journalists and pundits tend to throw around plaudits a little too carelessly these days.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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As flawed generative AI tools continue to be used carelessly, without the necessary follow-up work of checking for hallucinations, experts warn that agencies like NWS could inflict serious damage to their reputation and authority.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The margins between top teams have shrunk, intangibles such as fit, culture and identity are more impactful than ever and the number of teams that can aspire to win a national championship seems to have expanded, fortuitously, along with the CFP.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The following week – fortuitously a bye week for the Knights – Curtis had his first chemo treatment at the Mayo Clinic.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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There are questions about the rights of citizens versus non-citizens, the rights of the US to pull visas arbitrarily.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Unconsciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconsciously. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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