cynically

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As she relates in this new and admirable work of social history, all sorts of elements—some well-intentioned, some cynically opportunistic—contributed to produce a wholesale reworking of the way America’s children approach their food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Sometimes, as “Back to the Future” cynically implies, it backslides or gets stuck.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Instead, Kirk is cynically manipulating his male audience.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

Lisandro Martinez was no better when he cynically scythed down the excellent James Maddison as United unravelled.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

One newspaper editor had sagely, if cynically, observed that “the usual custom is for the capital of new empires to be selected by the whim or caprice of a despot.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis