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Recent Examples of instinctively
Kids do this instinctively; during the pandemic, my daughter, Charlie, then five years old, got off her Zoom school screen and started looking wildly around the room, picking stuff up and setting it down.
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Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Jews around the world identified instinctively with the victims of mass murder, rape, and kidnapping.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
That lesson has been absorbed — instinctively, if not always consciously — by a generation of online creators now moving into feature filmmaking with their audiences already in tow.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
But still, most of us lose that battle instinctively.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
As the ball flashed through the bodies in front of him, Raya instinctively shot out his left leg at the final moment to make a tremendous save.
—Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Emotional honesty is the definitive characteristic behind all of the Gipsy Kings' music, which is something that transcends language and that Baliardo genuinely believes audiences instinctively feel during live shows, regardless of what nation the band performs in.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Guests instinctively understand where to sit, where to eat and where to drift off when the conversation winds down.
—Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Most people hear it and instinctively think of concentration camps used by the Nazis to exterminate Jews and other minority populations during the Holocaust.
—Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Jews around the world identified instinctively with the victims of mass murder, rape, and kidnapping.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
That lesson has been absorbed — instinctively, if not always consciously — by a generation of online creators now moving into feature filmmaking with their audiences already in tow.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
But still, most of us lose that battle instinctively.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
As the ball flashed through the bodies in front of him, Raya instinctively shot out his left leg at the final moment to make a tremendous save.
—Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Emotional honesty is the definitive characteristic behind all of the Gipsy Kings' music, which is something that transcends language and that Baliardo genuinely believes audiences instinctively feel during live shows, regardless of what nation the band performs in.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Guests instinctively understand where to sit, where to eat and where to drift off when the conversation winds down.
—Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Most people hear it and instinctively think of concentration camps used by the Nazis to exterminate Jews and other minority populations during the Holocaust.
—Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instinctively
Adverb
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This isn’t a new question, and the answer, intuitively, would seem to be no.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The owner knows their audience intuitively.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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Riverwork, only her second novel after a lifetime of ludic, elliptical poetry, assigns itself an essentially recuperative and archival undertaking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Dengshikou Station is essentially at the hotel’s doorstep—which is much easier than relying exclusively on Beijing traffic.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
Adverb
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As the leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives, a fundamentally majoritarian institution, Jeffries has little ability to get anything done.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Warsh has been critical of the decision-making of the Fed under Powell’s leadership, and argues for a fundamentally more dovish policy stance while his predecessor has favored a wait-and-see approach.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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Coach Sean McVay basically lives in 11 personnel, with one running back, one tight end and three wide receivers.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Look no further than the near-certain demise—even under best-case warming scenarios—of basically all of the world’s warm-water coral reefs and their various colorful fish.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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“Instinctively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instinctively. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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