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as in recklessly
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as in wastefully
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Recent Examples of wantonly
Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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By making sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule, America’s top health leaders are recklessly maximizing the threat from previously common diseases and dismissing our collective role in preventing them.—
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However, if a board member acts recklessly, maliciously, or beyond their authority, they could be held personally liable.—
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On a pretty dead pitch offering very little to the bowlers, the quartet wastefully surrendered their wickets for all that England deserved credit (particularly Archer) for persistence and a generally probing line after what had been a fairly disastrous start to the day from Carse.—
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Coon’s Agnes is a broken woman desperately looking for companionship following the devastating loss of her son and the physical and emotional violence inflicted on her by her ex-husband.—
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This franchise desperately needs elite talent, and the best chance of securing that is by tanking for as high a draft pick as possible.—
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Yet Göring dominates the movie thanks to Russell Crowe’s performance, somehow both indulgently big and dexterously subtle.—
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All in all, the whole thing feels indulgently French.—
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Ask whether the payments fit comfortably into your budget, what happens if your income changes and whether the purchase is truly necessary right now.—
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With sizes ranging from XS to 3XL and nearly 30 colors and patterns to choose from, this skirt offers plenty of versatility, and it’s comfortably made with an elastic waistband that shouldn’t dig into your skin.—
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“Wantonly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wantonly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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