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systemically

American  
[si-stem-ik-lee] / sɪˈstɛm ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that affects an entire system.


Example Sentences

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She said many Syrians were "deeply anchored" in Germany, holding systemically important jobs and with children in school.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Of Tuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, a president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., who built schools — more than 5,000 nationally, eventually — for systemically disadvantaged Black students.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

I think we need to approach solutions to the problem systemically.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

More broadly, this underscores a number of key issues related to digital assets and the proliferation of stablecoins, which are systemically important to the crypto ecosystem.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

But those were momentary acts, not systemically provable acts of distraction.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel