Example Sentences

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"The moderation was expectedly driven by the agriculture and the non-manufacturing industrial sectors," she said in a note.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

But this year, all five of the nominees for documentary short film are not just well-made, incisive and expectedly important, they’re also in conversation with one another.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025

When Davidson, now the No. 2 prospect in her class, signed with USC last week, the basketball world nodded along expectedly, but Gottlieb took a second to think of that first phone call.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

All of that, expectedly, has resulted in some nightmarish polling for Adams, who is about as underwater as a mayor can get, despite maintaining relative support from the New York Post.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

But there’s another way in which our devices, perhaps less expectedly, cater to our deepest neurological wiring.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel