as in inherently
by natural character or ability
I'm afraid that I'm constitutionally incapable of carrying a tune
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Recent Examples of constitutionally
None of these cities will be as powerless as DC, constitutionally barred from a vote in the House or Senate.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The move would make Florida the first state to end a longstanding – and constitutionally upheld – practice of requiring certain vaccines for school students.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The inconvenience this causes should be enough to upset Americans, let alone the fact that these are constitutionally dubious.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Dabrowski has been a regular critic of the state’s underfunded public employee pension system, proposing constitutionally questionable ways to end it.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The move would make Florida the first state to end a longstanding – and constitutionally upheld – practice of requiring certain vaccines for school students.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The inconvenience this causes should be enough to upset Americans, let alone the fact that these are constitutionally dubious.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Dabrowski has been a regular critic of the state’s underfunded public employee pension system, proposing constitutionally questionable ways to end it.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constitutionally
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Such rote, nakedly procedural appeals inherently reek of moral relativism to the extent they are not grounded at all in any substantive conception of good and bad, or right and wrong.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Global opportunity, and the freedom and choice that come with it, is an inherently American value.—
Alex Ohnona,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Compared with eating in a restaurant (or even ordering delivery from a restaurant directly), involving a third party fundamentally requires the use of more labor, more infrastructure, more overhead.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Identify fundamentally sound equities or ETFs with steady uptrends and plot their 50-day EMA.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Constitutionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constitutionally. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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