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Recent Examples of instinctively
The birds tell your fortune by instinctively picking cards.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
Yet a 2025 public opinion survey by Public First, involving more than 2,000 American adults, shows that respondents do not instinctively associate nuclear energy with climate action.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
When first responders found her afterward, Wilkins instinctively reached out to Longmont Police Officer Billy Sawyer.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
To keep the cattle and other animals away, the owls will huddle together, clacking their beaks to mimic rattlesnakes, which cattle instinctively know to avoid.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Looking into the bear’s eyes, Duane fired instinctively from the hip.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Gomes finds Alba, and Messi instinctively runs to a central zone as Real Madrid’s defence opt to protect the box instead.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Enter Black creators, who are at the forefront of AI’s inevitable intrigue, instinctively finding home in the strangely familiar newness of technological development.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Back in 2020, most Americans instinctively knew that drinking or injecting bleach was dangerous.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Billboard Japan, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
Yet a 2025 public opinion survey by Public First, involving more than 2,000 American adults, shows that respondents do not instinctively associate nuclear energy with climate action.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
When first responders found her afterward, Wilkins instinctively reached out to Longmont Police Officer Billy Sawyer.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
To keep the cattle and other animals away, the owls will huddle together, clacking their beaks to mimic rattlesnakes, which cattle instinctively know to avoid.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Looking into the bear’s eyes, Duane fired instinctively from the hip.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Gomes finds Alba, and Messi instinctively runs to a central zone as Real Madrid’s defence opt to protect the box instead.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Enter Black creators, who are at the forefront of AI’s inevitable intrigue, instinctively finding home in the strangely familiar newness of technological development.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Back in 2020, most Americans instinctively knew that drinking or injecting bleach was dangerous.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instinctively
Adverb
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Studies have found that most children intuitively understand the difference between real and imaginary friends, and the different roles played by each.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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This is not merely an intuitively satisfying compromise between looking and leaping.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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For example, for a family of three paying $22,000 annual premiums with a $21,000 deductible is essentially paying mortgage on an expensive non-existent house.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new mineral deposits fuse with existing tissue to form what is essentially new enamel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Critics argue the ballroom's sheer scale—twice the size of the main residence—will fundamentally alter the White House's historic proportions and architectural balance.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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SanDisk projects that by 2026, data centers will surpass mobile devices to become the largest source of demand for NAND flash, a shift that could fundamentally reshape the market.—
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CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Uber reported third-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization that basically matched estimates.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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But Dimitrius basically did a whole America Ninja Warrior course to train for the audition and everything else.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Instinctively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instinctively. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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