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

Backed into a corner by the threat of a career-ending scandal—one that would not only undo her but also her blithely trusting editor — Elizabeth agrees to make the fantasy corporeal.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

It follows the fortunes and travails of the Oppermann family in Berlin as upper-class Jews during the rise of National Socialism, a phenomenon they blithely dismiss until that’s no longer possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

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

I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins