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discouragingly



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With the price of synthetic fertilizer now discouragingly high for some farmers, he said, his plant has more orders than it’s able to supply.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

Instead of reporting the number of people vaccinated — discouragingly, only 62 percent of the population is fully vaccinated; far fewer with boosters — why not highlight the number of people unvaccinated?

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021

But a growing number doubt that Woods will be able to start at Augusta, especially after his friend Steve Stricker discouragingly said on Tuesday, “I don’t think he’s doing that well right now physically.”

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 9, 2017

Advertisement The tools of online collaboration are still relatively primitive and often discouragingly awkward.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2013

He located Hubbard Glacier, which looked discouragingly far away from Seward.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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