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Recent Examples of unknowingly
As part of the program, test subjects were unknowingly given LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, a powerful hallucinogen.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
That window is your most actionable lever and also the one most people unknowingly sabotage.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
In a music business where artists get pennies for streaming revenues and can unknowingly sign dirty deals relegated to shady advances and royalty terms, Orrison instead focused on establishing 501(c)(3) status and creating an equitable recording contract that is incredibly artist-centric.
—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2026
As the season comes to a close, Ashley and Austin unknowingly fall dangerously deeper into the crime orchestrated by Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung).
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Victims who entered their information unknowingly handed over access to their accounts.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
At a wedding a decade after the crime, a bride (spectacularly sung by Jacquelyn Stucker) is unknowingly marrying into the killer’s family; his brother is her groom.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Somebody brings home this mower and unknowingly grows a great lawn and uses less water, fertilizer and pesticide.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Apr. 2026
Fraudulent streaming schemes can happen to major artists either unknowingly or through the actions of a third party.
—Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
That window is your most actionable lever and also the one most people unknowingly sabotage.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
In a music business where artists get pennies for streaming revenues and can unknowingly sign dirty deals relegated to shady advances and royalty terms, Orrison instead focused on establishing 501(c)(3) status and creating an equitable recording contract that is incredibly artist-centric.
—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2026
As the season comes to a close, Ashley and Austin unknowingly fall dangerously deeper into the crime orchestrated by Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung).
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Victims who entered their information unknowingly handed over access to their accounts.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
At a wedding a decade after the crime, a bride (spectacularly sung by Jacquelyn Stucker) is unknowingly marrying into the killer’s family; his brother is her groom.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Somebody brings home this mower and unknowingly grows a great lawn and uses less water, fertilizer and pesticide.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Apr. 2026
Fraudulent streaming schemes can happen to major artists either unknowingly or through the actions of a third party.
—Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowingly
Adverb
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At university, Karp focused his research on how people unconsciously transfer aggression through language.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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In presenting the Best Actor winners, Adrien Brody perfectly, if perhaps unconsciously, echoed Johnson’s remarks from more than 50 years earlier.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In her latest Netflix action effort, Theron plays a woman who sets off on a trip to Australia to soothe her grief but unwittingly crosses paths with Egerton’s unnerving hunter, who forces her into a game of cat and mouse.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The latter post was criticized by Ben Stiller for using footage from his 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder, which follows a group of actors who are unwittingly dropped into a Southeast Asian war zone.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Davidson, 54, became the subject of numerous documentaries, and in 2019, made headlines for unintentionally swearing at Queen Elizabeth II while receiving an award for his advocacy work.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Bubbles Didn’t Enter The Picture That Early In one of the moist unintentionally hilarious moments in the movie, Michael shocks his family by adopting a CGI baby chimpanzee named Bubbles sometime around 1979.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Unknowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowingly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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