thankfully

Example Sentences

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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

Ebola is a severe and deadly disease, although it is thankfully rare.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The rest of the world, thankfully, has stopped listening.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

We’ve had an unusually warm start to the year in Southern California, which typically signals that we’ll be roasting at Coachella, but things have thankfully cooled off a little.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

He shouted in challenge, but thankfully he wasn’t looking at Annabeth.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan