artificial
adjective
made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural).
artificially
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a word derived from
artificial.
Example Sentences
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The James Hutton Institute already has a large number of glass houses – but it is going even further by artificially creating the sort of conditions that may exist in 75 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Anderson’s “Resident Evil” franchise — with all of its ruminations on identity in the tech age, artificially intelligent warfare, corruption and greed — certainly fits that bill.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Paul Bettany returns as Vision, the artificially intelligent Avenger and James Spader also reprises his role as Ultron, the villain from the 2015 movie “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Their belief leads the stock market to be artificially depressed during October, which in turn means that investments made at the month’s low will quite likely show a profit by the end of the year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Last week’s Thanksgiving was artificially sweetened, enriched with tense preservatives, and wrapped in plastic.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
