catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The investor response to the calls by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and rival executives to slow down frontier artificial-intelligence development was greeted negatively, albeit not catastrophically, by investors on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Arendt had spent years among institutions that preserved continuity imperfectly—and could fail catastrophically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The building blocks of a judgement call Sir Keir now acknowledges he got catastrophically wrong are being scrutinised daily.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
That combination is most plausible if oil prices stay elevated, but not catastrophically so.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Could that explain why sometimes otherwise normal people come to conclusions that are completely and catastrophically wrong?
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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