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
He got an extra 3% out of Sarnoff in part by blithely insisting that he would still leave for a long-planned vacation, incommunicado, before the deal was cinched.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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
“Thakra save me from the theory purse,” said Lazlo, blithely invoking the local deity, Thakra.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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