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Recent Examples of instinctively
For about five minutes, the two kept passing each other as the man alternated between running and walking, similar to interval training, but Barker still instinctively took out her mace.
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Mar. 2026
This is one reason people instinctively respond when their name is used in conversation.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Lamont understood this instinctively.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
During the visits, Lollipop would instinctively place her head on Church’s lap.
—Avani Kumar, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature.
—Lea Barbett, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
As digitization increases, customers are instinctively moving towards tapping phones on NFC or scanning QR codes without prompts.
—Matthew Kayser, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Mike Wallace understood that difference instinctively.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Most investors instinctively define risk as market volatility — the uncomfortable reality of stock prices rising and falling over time.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Mar. 2026
This is one reason people instinctively respond when their name is used in conversation.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Lamont understood this instinctively.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
During the visits, Lollipop would instinctively place her head on Church’s lap.
—Avani Kumar, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature.
—Lea Barbett, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
As digitization increases, customers are instinctively moving towards tapping phones on NFC or scanning QR codes without prompts.
—Matthew Kayser, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Mike Wallace understood that difference instinctively.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Most investors instinctively define risk as market volatility — the uncomfortable reality of stock prices rising and falling over time.
—Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instinctively
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Less intuitively, the trend line of long-declining homophobia reversed, resulting in a 10-point jump for explicit anti-gay bias over that same period.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Palace’s remaining eight games are more challenging than those listed above in terms of the quality of opposition but might, counter-intuitively, offer them a better chance of success as more space opens up to work into during transition.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Deed theft is essentially when someone steals a house, often forging the paperwork, and data obtained by CBS News New York shows a 240% increase in complaints to the New York Attorney General's Office from 2023 to 2025.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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With Atkins having graduated early to get a jump on his football career at Miami of Ohio, Fecht is essentially replacing him now on the baseball team as well.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Ultimately, even when she’s supposed to play the most antagonistic female archetype, Darlene is simply too much of a mood and a vibe, and her fundamentally anti-Karen nature is good for TV but bad for the judging criteria in this challenge.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
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For a series built entirely around the tension and intimacy between two rival hockey players, pushing that element to the back half of a six-episode season would have fundamentally reshaped the story.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In the modern era, that’s basically a magic trick.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Before, during, and after the birth, the researchers were recording the interactions of Unit A via hydrophones—basically, underwater microphones.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Instinctively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instinctively. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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