as in uncomfortably
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Recent Examples of uneasily
Anthropic and OpenAI are dancing uneasily with the Pentagon, and neither has come off better for it.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
The chef Hillary Sterling’s cooking is too good for this restaurant’s uneasily generic address, in what is effectively an outdoor mall near Hudson Yards.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Those two systems now sit on top of each other, uneasily.
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Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
Five years later, after disappearing from public view and hitting a few more rock bottoms, Rashad dropped The House is Burning, a pained portrait of a person fresh out of rehab and uneasily seeking a path toward redemption.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
The chef Hillary Sterling’s cooking is too good for this restaurant’s uneasily generic address, in what is effectively an outdoor mall near Hudson Yards.
—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Those two systems now sit on top of each other, uneasily.
—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
Five years later, after disappearing from public view and hitting a few more rock bottoms, Rashad dropped The House is Burning, a pained portrait of a person fresh out of rehab and uneasily seeking a path toward redemption.
—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneasily
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That sits uncomfortably with me — and, judging by the boos, with many fans in Foxborough.
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As the clogged pipe grows louder, the camera begins uncomfortably zooming in on Rudd’s face until the pipe explodes in Ted's, closing out the episode.
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Each year when Wimbledon rolls around, tennis fans crane their necks and watch their TV screens with undivided attention for a glance at the Royal Box, anxiously awaiting if Kate Middleton will be in attendance.
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At donation centers across Miami-Dade County, members of the Venezuelan community are collecting supplies for victims while anxiously waiting for news from home.
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This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.
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Beijing, meanwhile, is warily eying Japan’s bolstering of its defense capabilities.
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Meanwhile, those students newly entering college are warily eyeing computer science.
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Going into my 18th year of teaching, my biggest goal is re-creating that experience of thinking critically for oneself and studying literature through a critical lens.
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That is because they are not forced to read or think critically on a daily basis and do not have the structured learning routine of a classroom.
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“Uneasily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneasily. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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