thankfully

Example Sentences

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“Like my parents, I never gave up. … Never stopped believing in the beacon-light goodness of California and thankfully, neither did you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“A lot of people will go through their career without getting laid off, thankfully, but everybody is going to suffer through inflation.”

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

"My car thankfully just passed second time around but it did actually take me about a month and a half before I actually got my book in date, and then a retest then," she said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Inclusions vary, but the restaurant choices were thankfully better than the options in the downtown Las Vegas all-inclusive I tried last summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

I cringe, waiting for her to say something about my lack of a social life, but thankfully she’s quiet.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty