unwittingly

Example Sentences

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By putting her name back in the news, Trump unwittingly gave #MeToo another moment to show that, actually, there are still a lot of people who care about stopping sexual violence.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Perhaps unwittingly, Chatrie had agreed to have Google store his location history data.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

The surveillance capitalism system requires people to unwittingly participate in a manipulative cycle of group- and self-surveillance.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Privacy-rights groups have cropped up across the country, and major platforms have paid large settlements to consumers whose data was sold unwittingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

How, then, did early farmers domesticate plants unwittingly?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond