as in inherently
by natural character or ability
Anne Frank's memorable belief that most people are innately good
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Recent Examples of innately
Of course, everyone isn't innately open to failing or recovering from setbacks.
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Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
The theory that certain reptiles innately recognize the dangers associated with smoke is supported by years of anecdotal evidence.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
Much of their coverage, however, wasn’t innately valued outside of its ability to generate traffic by going viral on platforms like Facebook.
—Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
The mornings feel cooler, evenings come quicker, and our bodies innately start craving structure.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Also, Koji innately tastes better, too.
—Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Perhaps acting is innately nostalgic—nostalgic for human suffering, which used to be real somewhere else.
—Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
What Inigo seemed to understand almost innately was that secrecy meant control.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
The theory that certain reptiles innately recognize the dangers associated with smoke is supported by years of anecdotal evidence.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
Much of their coverage, however, wasn’t innately valued outside of its ability to generate traffic by going viral on platforms like Facebook.
—Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
The mornings feel cooler, evenings come quicker, and our bodies innately start craving structure.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Also, Koji innately tastes better, too.
—Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Perhaps acting is innately nostalgic—nostalgic for human suffering, which used to be real somewhere else.
—Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
What Inigo seemed to understand almost innately was that secrecy meant control.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innately
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Cotton or linen blends work if treated with a water-repellant finish (like Scotchgard), while Polyester, nylon, or olefin (polypropylene) are strong, budget-friendly, and inherently stain resistant.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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Sutton doesn’t like the way LLMs are trained, with unsupervised learning from human text followed by a kind of RL using human feedback—because everything the LLM can learn is inherently limited by human knowledge and human preferences.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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What has yet to be determined is whether, just like Hawking radiation means that black holes will eventually evaporate, this form of cosmic radiation will fundamentally cause our Universe’s dark energy to decay away, too.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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While direct comparisons are difficult due to different test conditions, materials, and baseline designs, these studies suggest the field is exploring fundamentally different architectural approaches alongside incremental flow field optimization.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Innately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innately. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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