as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
a cat with a hardwired compulsion to knock expensive knickknacks off of shelves
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Recent Examples of hardwired
Though many of pharma's fiercest defenders have retired from Congress, the GOP is still generally hardwired to avoid anything that could be considered price-setting within health care.
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Caitlin Owens, Axios, 27 May 2025
Before landing, mission teams found that the laser rangefinder designed to help navigate the lunar terrain and precisely measure altitude was not correctly hardwired.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
As Spoelstra said, that team is hardwired to compete for the ultimate prize.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The former is hardwired in the primitive brain (selecting for physical and social strength) and the latter is probably hardwired into the neocortex (selecting for the strength of intelligence).
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Caitlin Owens, Axios, 27 May 2025
Before landing, mission teams found that the laser rangefinder designed to help navigate the lunar terrain and precisely measure altitude was not correctly hardwired.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
As Spoelstra said, that team is hardwired to compete for the ultimate prize.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The former is hardwired in the primitive brain (selecting for physical and social strength) and the latter is probably hardwired into the neocortex (selecting for the strength of intelligence).
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardwired
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Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.—
Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The fibers’ inherent comfort also resonates with lifestyle brands like Ugg.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
30 June 2025
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In a 2021 study published in Psychological Reports, researchers explored how intrinsic motivation, the internal drive to act based on interest, personal importance or inner values, affects satisfaction in long-term romantic relationships.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Underlying all of this is the intrinsic tendency to resist cooperation.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Legal recourse can be an integral part of institutional strategy.—
John Marino,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Scientific fieldwork is an integral part of research in many disciplines, including geology, geography, forestry, ecology, and others.—
Sarah Boon
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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The idea is to keep pushing European governments on problems created by tourism, like rising rents and housing shortages, environmental damage and neighborhoods losing essential services for residents.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
1 July 2025
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“Hardwired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardwired. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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