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Recent Examples of unsurprisingly
This little green creature then tries to help the Minions find more monsters to flesh out their film, a plan that unsurprisingly goes awry.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
In other hands, the stage would be set for a Black Mirror-like dystopian chiller, but Kore-eda, unsurprisingly, takes his premise into less obvious, more nuanced emotional terrain.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Crawdad’s has a sister establishment on Folsom Lake unsurprisingly called Crawdad’s on the Lake, at 9900 Greenback Ln.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Despite some legal salvos about conditions on the real life Squid-Game-with-less-fatal-results show, Prime Video quietly but unsurprisingly handed the very well viewed BG a Season 3 renewal not long after the Season 2 debut earlier this year.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
In other hands, the stage would be set for a Black Mirror-like dystopian chiller, but Kore-eda, unsurprisingly, takes his premise into less obvious, more nuanced emotional terrain.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Crawdad’s has a sister establishment on Folsom Lake unsurprisingly called Crawdad’s on the Lake, at 9900 Greenback Ln.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Despite some legal salvos about conditions on the real life Squid-Game-with-less-fatal-results show, Prime Video quietly but unsurprisingly handed the very well viewed BG a Season 3 renewal not long after the Season 2 debut earlier this year.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsurprisingly
Adverb
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Megaconstellations — most commonly used to beam internet to users in remote areas from near Earth space — are a quickly growing trend.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
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What Foods Nesting Birds Need in Spring Black oil sunflower seed, safflower seed, cracked corn, and wild bird seed mixes are commonly placed in backyard bird feeders to feed birds in winter when other food sources are scarce.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Furientis’ pitch is expectedly intertwined with geopolitics.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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The Parmesan ranch of it all also didn't disappoint; the flavor mix was expectedly savory and crowd-pleasing, but balanced and never overwhelming the true star of it all—the potato.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the day’s picks are less hyped and contribute to the team less immediately and obviously, so there was a bit less excitement.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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That was obviously not the case in this Game 6.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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“Unsurprisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsurprisingly. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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