unceremoniously

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Recent Examples of unceremoniously Although it was developed at Amazon MGM, Artificial was unceremoniously dropped by Amazon earlier this summer, leaving it with no distributor. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026 Steaks, such as a 16-ounce Snake River Farms wagyu ribeye ($78) are presented unceremoniously on an oval white plate, without so much as a sprig of parsley, much less a sauce. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Although she was unceremoniously fired from the franchise three years ago, Melissa Barrera remains a Scream fan. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 His unexpected departure came mere days after MOCA announced Biesenbach would share leadership responsibilities with Burton, who was subsequently and unceremoniously named the museum’s new leader — its first female director. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 After being unceremoniously booted from Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour for speaking out in favor of Palestine, Macklemore is building his own show. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 On the other hand, Glenn is going against Saleh, a ghost of the Jets’ past, the one that owner Woody Johnson fired unceremoniously less than two years ago. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 So too are editor Pauline Gaillard’s sharp cuts, which are often timed exactly to coincide with the moment that someone lost in faraway thought finishes swirling their mouthful of Pinot Noir and hocks it unceremoniously into a nearby receptacle. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 In the city today, the Salt River is mostly reduced to a wide, dusty trough that passes unceremoniously under freeway bridges. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unceremoniously
Adverb
  • Without a shred of evidence, Cloud casually weaponized domestic violence allegations against a fan who was simply cheering for his home team.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Asked to run down her dream blunt rotation, Jauregui casually noted that she’s smoked with Snoop before.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • And Jeremy Allen White is Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal tech reporter with whom Haugen collaborates on an explosive series of articles informally titled The Facebook Files, exposing the toxic culture behind the company’s stratospheric reach.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Much of this is processed informally, where workers can be exposed to toxic substances while recovering valuable metals such as gold and silver.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • To do the job, Lowen must temporarily move into the author’s home, a coolly lavish modern house in rural Vermont, where Verity’s many boxes of files are stored—and where, of course, Jeremy also lives.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Murray reacted coolly as the ice water cascaded over him, standing up and clapping his hands while walking it off.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • In the video, the popular streamers Maya Higa and FaZe Adapt sit together on a log, chatting nonchalantly as a massive grizzly bear lumbers toward them.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Couples stroll nonchalantly around the fountain, seemingly without a care in the world.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Unceremoniously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unceremoniously. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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