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Recent Examples of mercifully
The Mavs made the play-in tournament and won at Sacramento before their season — mercifully, perhaps — ended in a loss at Memphis with the No. 8 seed at stake.
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Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
This stunning three-bedroom apartment was recently fully renovated, but mercifully, the original wall frescoes and vaulted ceilings were preserved.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
Her face on her computer screen, caught in the gaze of her webcam, was mercifully small, its eyes frozen in desperate concentration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
It's plated like something out of a Nordic tasting menu, but—mercifully—tastes like dessert.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
This stunning three-bedroom apartment was recently fully renovated, but mercifully, the original wall frescoes and vaulted ceilings were preserved.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
Her face on her computer screen, caught in the gaze of her webcam, was mercifully small, its eyes frozen in desperate concentration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
It's plated like something out of a Nordic tasting menu, but—mercifully—tastes like dessert.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for mercifully
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“Mercifully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercifully. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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