chronically
Americanadverb
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happening constantly or habitually.
Nationally, millions of students are chronically absent every year.
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happening or recurring over an extended period of time (opposed toacutely ).
Monitoring is especially helpful for chronically ill patients wishing to avoid costly hospital stays.
Close to 900 million people worldwide are chronically undernourished.
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Hill, a Yale-educated lawyer asked to elaborate on the prurient conduct she was chronically subjected to at work, never loses her professional composure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Taken together, the list of woes hardens the image of a chronically broke city whose administration often struggles to reliably provide services for its almost four million people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
ProPublica shared its analysis with more than a dozen maternal health experts, including leaders in the field, who were unaware of the spike; early pregnancy complications are chronically underresearched.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The new findings therefore raise questions about whether chronically high tyrosine levels could have unintended long-term consequences.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
It was hoped the project would be a model for similar projects in Haiti’s eight other departments and in other chronically poor countries.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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