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Recent Examples of grossly
In fact, at 7,000 rooms, the county might be grossly unprepared to meet the county’s hospital demand of, say, 2030.
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Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Waterbury has grossly underfunded its infrastructure for decades.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
To be publicly flogged for how much Pa permitted us to do — that felt grossly unfair.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Women are also grossly under-represented in business and the media.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Vartkessian renders them neither clinically nor sensationally—a fine line to walk—and cherry-picking details for this review feels grossly reductive, like a thumbnail sketch of a scene of desolation.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Smith, the man sentenced in the 1997 case, may be white, but a certain Hamm decision could likely affect outcomes for Black and inmates of color most, as they are grossly overrepresented in prisons.
—Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
Some have attacked the ban as grossly unfair, but Arrate Fernandez tells us IDFA felt compelled to act in solidarity with Palestinians who have suffered under two years of Israeli bombardment and a ground campaign launched in retaliation for the October 7 terror attack.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
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—Soraya Chemaly, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grossly
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The theatergoer became disruptive to the show and, perhaps most egregiously, to LuPone herself.—
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And Lidia, as a character, is someone who unfortunately lets a lot of people down because she’s been so egregiously let down, which is a lot to carry and process.—
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The film, an official selection at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, is yet another innovative step forward by Sister Nancy on behalf of all women in dancehall, a physical space and musical genre that can be flagrantly misogynistic.—
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Despite Chinese law setting a 44-hour workweek limit and requiring overtime compensation, numerous companies flagrantly ignored these rules.—
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My two nights at Glastonbury were unspeakably fabulous.—
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Denying families who are just getting their feet on the ground in their new American communities is unspeakably misguided, especially when denying basic nutritional assistance undermines their ability to achieve self-sufficiency and stability as quickly as possible.—
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But the presence of these compounds in grapes failed miserably as a diagnostic for smoke taint.—
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Run game continues to lead the way There was a play on the Dolphins’ opening drive where several defenders failed miserably to take down Achane.—
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“Grossly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grossly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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