catastrophically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Pantglas Junior School and surrounding houses in the village near Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, were catastrophically engulfed in coal slurry after the colliery spoil tip collapsed on 21 October 1966.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
The investor response to the calls by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow down frontier artificial-intelligence development was greeted negatively, albeit not catastrophically, by investors on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
That combination is most plausible if oil prices stay elevated, but not catastrophically so.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Yet it is also true that the very same troubles that loom catastrophically large one day can seem like small potatoes the next, particularly if even worse troubles have popped up to take their place.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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