UNSURPRISINGLY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

unsurprisingly

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Definition of unsurprisingly

as in commonly

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Recent Examples of unsurprisingly The trio, unsurprisingly, wanted to chat about Obsession and Backrooms, the year’s big hits that look set to usher in a wave of YouTube creatives to mainstream film. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 The competition features only four female filmmakers (Rubaiyat Hossain, Teodora Ana Mihai, Yukiko Mishima and Jelena Maksimović) and somewhat unsurprisingly Japan boasts the most number of entries with three. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026 But, unsurprisingly, the tech giant also has its hands in the laptops-cookie jar. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 The Alpha School software even tracked students’ facial expressions and continuously monitored their emotional states, which unsurprisingly had students distressed. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsurprisingly

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The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, known commonly as the McCain-Feingold Act, was one effort to control spending and ad content.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Presbyopia — the gradual loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects — commonly develops in middle age and often leads to the need for reading glasses.

— Angelica Stabile , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Erik Neander, who as president of baseball operations is essentially in charge of how everyone involved feels, is expectedly optimistic.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Their work often critiques communism in China and the Cultural Revolution, with Mao Zedong expectedly serving as a recurring subject in their artistic endeavors.

— News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2026

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As has been widely and obviously pointed out, Silicon Valley’s decision to tout AI as a groundbreaking technology that might make your life better, but could also just as easily take your job and destroy the world, wasn’t the best PR move.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
With these characters, Margaret and Bev, the connector is obviously Mike Flanagan, who has written people good, bad and complicated.

— William Earl, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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