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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They occur naturally in the milk of animals such as cows, sheep, and goats, but they can also be produced artificially during the manufacture of partially hydrogenated fats.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
They included artificially inflating revenue by more than £900m through "sham" sponsorship deals.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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
Public subsidy allowed formats that had become financially unviable - such as the nineteenth-century symphony orchestra - to prosper somewhat artificially in the twentieth century, justified by the preservation of heritage.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
