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Recent Examples of thankfully
Socialists like to spend money — lots of other people’s money, of course — and Mamdani has been hampered by the fiscal stewards of Albany who, thankfully for New York City, aren’t likely to allow his more egregious schemes that would only drive away more of the city’s crucial affluent class.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The cold war thankfully ended without a catastrophic nuclear war.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
And thankfully, Nordstrom’s spring sale is packed with handy hacks that’ll guarantee a stress-free experience.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
Now that this trash season is thankfully finished, the first priority for owner Patrick Dumont is to hire a GM.
—Mac Engel
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The cold war thankfully ended without a catastrophic nuclear war.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
And thankfully, Nordstrom’s spring sale is packed with handy hacks that’ll guarantee a stress-free experience.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
Now that this trash season is thankfully finished, the first priority for owner Patrick Dumont is to hire a GM.
—Mac Engel
april 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thankfully
Adverb
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But fortunately for Carroll, that won’t be necessary, as Northwest seized a 5-4 victory.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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While such a tall tree isn’t easy to fit into most home landscapes, fortunately, many types of juniper shrubs will fit just about anywhere.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Butler said that the kangaroo was luckily unharmed in the incident and safely returned to its home.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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The press was enthusiastic, and luckily the books managed to find an audience almost immediately.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 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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Good gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are pleasantly sweet and have plenty of melty chocolate chips in the mix.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Things bop along pleasantly enough in the company of such consummate professionals, all having fun.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Celebratory, juicy, and often packing a punch, Philyaw’s work feels intimate, the sharing of a blessedly honest girlfriend, utterly life-affirming.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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That people have blessedly different ideas about what's beautiful.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Tap into the gorpcore trend, for example, with a pair of hiking sneakers and a delightfully slouchy sweater.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
27 Apr. 2026
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Knoxville and his merry band of delightfully sadistic goons are back for one possibly final rodeo.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Whale lusts after a hunky gardener (Brendan Fraser) and persuades him to pose for a few sketches; Julian, though bisexual, expresses no such interest in Lori, and any art-making turns out to be a gratifyingly mutual endeavor.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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But yeah, gratifyingly quite a bit.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Gast Studio’s Stem Vase, on show at group exhibition Deoron, features glossy oversized thorn shapes that give the object both a hostile presence and a pleasingly jagged profile, like a rose stem on steroids.—
Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Brashly violent, clattery and pleasingly untied to any direct predecessor, the result is more generic than its braggy auteur claims might promise, but there’s a lot here for gorehounds to feast on.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Thankfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thankfully. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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