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as in naturally
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as in automatically
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Recent Examples of spontaneously
When the battery cools, the membrane spontaneously absorbs moisture from the surrounding air, restoring its water content.
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Etiido Uko
march 04, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
Systems spontaneously tend towards the lowest-energy state.
—Big Think, 16 Feb. 2026
Or that there is a wild proliferation of parallel universes, or that a mysterious process causes quantumness to spontaneously collapse.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
Written spontaneously and made with his band the Dark Clouds, Johnny Blue Skies recorded and produced the album at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
More than 40% spontaneously mentioned turning to their pets.
—Bill Strickland, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
These pairs, the scientists think, must be direct descendants of sets of virtual particles that spontaneously arose out of nothing from the quantum vacuum.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
That same night, unbeknownst to friends and family, the couple spontaneously married in a courthouse wedding.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
The audience also spontaneously broke out into just such a chant between songs.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Etiido Uko
march 04, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
Systems spontaneously tend towards the lowest-energy state.
—Big Think, 16 Feb. 2026
Or that there is a wild proliferation of parallel universes, or that a mysterious process causes quantumness to spontaneously collapse.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
Written spontaneously and made with his band the Dark Clouds, Johnny Blue Skies recorded and produced the album at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
More than 40% spontaneously mentioned turning to their pets.
—Bill Strickland, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
These pairs, the scientists think, must be direct descendants of sets of virtual particles that spontaneously arose out of nothing from the quantum vacuum.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
That same night, unbeknownst to friends and family, the couple spontaneously married in a courthouse wedding.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
The audience also spontaneously broke out into just such a chant between songs.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneously
Adverb
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The residual fermentation will slowly carbonate the finished beer naturally.—
Blaine Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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These tags help regulate which genes are turned on or off and naturally change as people grow older.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The charter also embraced a mission as the neighborhood school — automatically accepting all who showed up at its doors.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Avride also said the robots are designed with privacy protections as cameras will automatically blur faces and license plates.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Many of us instinctively know there’s something cathartic about a good cry—and experts agree there are psychological benefits.—
Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
2 Mar. 2026
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The sidewalk was narrow, but strangers instinctively gave him a regal berth.—
H. C. Wilentz,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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After losing half of the original roster to trades and a few more bodies to injury, this haphazardly assembled roster is not comfortable playing together.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Typically, fractures are fault lines that propagate haphazardly under stress and spread through inert materials, such as ice, rock, or concrete.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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State Question 820, a marijuana legalization initiative intuitively targeted for the 2022 ballot, faced legal challenges and statutory deadline complications that resulted in the measure being moved from the November 2022 election to the March 2023 ballot.—
Jeff Elkins,
Oklahoman,
6 Mar. 2026
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Not having a driver means the small changes in traffic that a human may be able to respond to more quickly and intuitively can slow down the ride.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The programming shapes a unique, electromagnetic wave that rises and falls abruptly and pulses rapidly.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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About two weeks earlier, the use of a military laser system by CBP designed to disrupt drones near El Paso prompted the FAA to abruptly shut down a large swath of airspace up to 18,000 feet over the city for 10 days.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The technology efficiently merges light from dozens of semiconductor lasers into a single optical fiber while keeping energy losses extremely low.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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The tiniest requests were dispensed with the utmost care; rooms were primped and fluffed three times a day; special requests for excursions efficiently booked; and dietary preferences noted and recalled with precision.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But suddenly, this season -- for a second time -- has been injected with a refreshing mix of optimism and intrigue.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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And Dailyn Swain is suddenly up to 10 points after a pull-up 3 off the dribble.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Spontaneously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spontaneously. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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