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as in recklessly
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as in wastefully
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Recent Examples of wantonly
Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wantonly
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On its face, recklessly slashing the federal funds rate by 150-bps would escalate long-term interest rates.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The 19-year-old made two deliberately wrong choices — to drive recklessly and to disregard police actions, Johnson said.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In experiments done decades ago, scientists were able to show that if the sound of running water was played from a tape deck, beavers would try desperately to accumulate wood around the sound.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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So, too, do these attempts reveal how desperately empathy is needed in medicine—an empathy that is not transactional but mutual.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The fund’s performance in the first seven months of the year — the most recent Boston Partners has made available on its performance — has comfortably outperformed that of the MSCI World Index, which its management team uses as a comparative benchmark index.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Revenue Growth Comparison PE Ratio Comparison The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, which comprises a collection of 30 stocks, boasts a history of comfortably beating its benchmark that includes all three – the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 indices.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Wantonly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wantonly. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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