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Recent Examples of instinctively
Enter Black creators, who are at the forefront of AI’s inevitable intrigue, instinctively finding home in the strangely familiar newness of technological development.
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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
Human toddlers do it instinctively … and so, apparently, do Gifted Word Learner dogs.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Being the default means users instinctively reach for your product without even thinking.
—Bowen Liu, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The self-tuning design, however, adjusts on the fly, matching its resonance to the environment and keeping the power output steady, much like a performer who instinctively keeps pace with a changing rhythm.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Those not chronically online might instinctively recoil at the term brain rot, with its vaguely gory connotations, especially as concern about the potential harms of social media for adolescents mounts.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Some instinctively ducked, covered their classmates or followed teachers’ directions.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Hummingbirds are a migratory species and will instinctively move south for the fall and winter.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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
Human toddlers do it instinctively … and so, apparently, do Gifted Word Learner dogs.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Being the default means users instinctively reach for your product without even thinking.
—Bowen Liu, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The self-tuning design, however, adjusts on the fly, matching its resonance to the environment and keeping the power output steady, much like a performer who instinctively keeps pace with a changing rhythm.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Those not chronically online might instinctively recoil at the term brain rot, with its vaguely gory connotations, especially as concern about the potential harms of social media for adolescents mounts.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Some instinctively ducked, covered their classmates or followed teachers’ directions.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Hummingbirds are a migratory species and will instinctively move south for the fall and winter.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instinctively
Adverb
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Hovering, climbing, or moving forward, the helicopter responds intuitively, giving the pilot precise handling without constant input.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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The people who intuitively understand this technology are often the youngest members of our organizations.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This was essentially a cost-saving and simplification exercise and few alarm bells rang at the time, not least because BHP retained a standard listing on the LSE, allowing British investors to remain exposed to the business.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Of course, some may view benching Mitchell as too severe a punishment, especially when running back Jonathan Taylor made the same mistake last year and essentially cost the Colts a playoff berth.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But both men fundamentally knew Trump was not going to keep at it and remain consistent.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Miami’s 1-4 start has exposed the realization that this Dolphins roster is fundamentally flawed.—
Omar Kelly
Updated October 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Their food is basically the natural Ozempic.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Third is that the front office, not the manager, held an unprecedented trade deadline fire sale, gutting 40 percent of the roster, including Carlos Correa and basically the entire bullpen.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Instinctively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instinctively. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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