blithely

Example Sentences

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Hoecker says cutting jobs also signals to stock market investors worried about the "real and huge" cost of AI development that executives are not blithely writing blank cheques.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

In one column from 1935 she wrote blithely, “if war comes this year, it might come at the beginning of July, if it’s hot, heat and history having an undeniable affiliation in European affairs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

But this isn’t to say that workers of any age should blithely assume they’ll be immune to job eliminations due to AI.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 26, 2025

In those buoyant days of spring, Dodgers fans blithely predicted their star-studded and well-financed team would win, say, 125 games.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

My father could splash it on blithely before he went to the city for work.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee