catastrophically
Americanadverb
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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
These catastrophically depreciated when the Fed unexpectedly raised rates in one of the most aggressive hiking cycles in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Something went catastrophically wrong with the boat to make it go down like that,” said Smith, who has operated charter boats for 35 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Richard Murrison, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said Kol had been "catastrophically failed by the very people who should have cared for him most".
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Mount St. Helens erupted catastrophically more than forty years ago, but hazards to humans will never disappear.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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