as in abandon
carefree freedom from constraint
the couple sacrificed some of the spontaneity in their lives when they both got nine-to-five jobs
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Recent Examples of spontaneity
Royal is the only one who can throw Etheline off her game, and the way Huston springs to life in those scenes gives the film a rare sense of spontaneity.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Because without any pockets of the spontaneity and novelty that brought you together, Dr. De La Garza Mercer points out that even the coziest of romances can start to get boring.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 June 2025
Platforms such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom can help replicate the spontaneity of an office environment.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 28 May 2025
With umbrellas tossed aside and spirits soaring, what could have been a disaster became a celebration of love and spontaneity.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 25 May 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Because without any pockets of the spontaneity and novelty that brought you together, Dr. De La Garza Mercer points out that even the coziest of romances can start to get boring.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 June 2025
Platforms such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom can help replicate the spontaneity of an office environment.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 28 May 2025
With umbrellas tossed aside and spirits soaring, what could have been a disaster became a celebration of love and spontaneity.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneity
Noun
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The takeaway: Reckless abandon is not the way to survive a season.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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And now his rap sheet makes the self-destructive abandon in his songs feel too real and too close to dark sagas of alcohol abuse in country music for comfort.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
Noun
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In recent years, challenges from Russian aggression to Chinese mercantilism to American abandonment have revealed just how unprepared a demilitarized Europe is to handle old-fashioned power politics.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Global executives bemoan the negative impacts of poor customer onboarding and subsequent abandonment.—
Alfred Kahn,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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However, their fresh perspective, general enthusiasm and tech fluency can be superpowers that breathe new life into an organization.—
Jill Shedek,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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With enthusiasm building among opponents of the Iranian government, analysts and former officials are treating with caution speculation of an insurrection capable of actually ousting the country's leadership.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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“Spontaneity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spontaneity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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