How to Use of its own accord in a Sentence

of its own accord

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  • Some people seemed to hope that the group would soon dissipate of its own accord.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Toews cites Post Falls, near his North Idaho hometown, as a city cutting regulations of its own accord.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026
  • So far, the legacy of Lerner’s work has not been to refute these fictionalizing methods directly but to build a channel through which his composite voice can travel of its own accord.
    Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • But on Moltbook, all a person has to do is register their AI agent on the site, and then the bot is encouraged to post, comment, and interact with others of its own accord.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Atlanta begins work today with no more concern for the clock-changing order, put into effect Sunday morning, than would be exhibited had the sun, of its own accord, started to rise and set on a new schedule.
    Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026

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