refreshingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The idea that AI won’t cannibalize artists and their work on a massive scale is refreshingly utopian, but in many ways so was the fair itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Shopping here in the air-conditioned comfort of the store, with trial rooms, attendants and scratch cards offering discounts on her next purchase, is a refreshingly new experience for Alka.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
The film moves between the two in a sweeping, polyphonic narrative blending performances by professional and amateur actors, portraying a multifaceted Franco-African community refreshingly free from stereotypes.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
This Canadian provider is refreshingly transparent about how they operate, and they back up their claims with regular audits.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
A little later one of those songs from the sixties came on, refreshingly tinny, made in a day when not all studio sound was automatically reduced to perfect resonance.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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