controversially
Americanadverb
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More controversially, it is holding down issuance of bonds in favor of Treasury bills, which have gone from 15% of total debt in 2019 to 22% now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mercedes driver George Russell controversially snatched pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc with the last lap of the session.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The goodbye messages fueled speculation that a Boeing 747 controversially gifted to President Donald Trump by the Gulf emirate of Qatar is now due to enter service.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
But also, more controversially, warfighting to engage and neutralise threats – which Pathak calls "frontline weaponisation".
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The circumstances of that tragic history, so famous, so bitterly debated, so often and so controversially described, remain full of suggestion for the curious examiner of the past.
From Eminent Victorians by Giles Lytton Strachey
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