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as in naturally
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as in automatically
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Recent Examples of spontaneously
His attorney, Tom Yu, argued that the state had wrongly accused many officers of planning fights that either occurred spontaneously or were arranged by Brooks and Smyles.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Thanatophoric dysplasia typically develops spontaneously in utero; it is not usually inherited.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
However, newborns' hearts can spontaneously regenerate during a brief window of time.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Some could even self-replicate by spontaneously sweeping up loose stem cells.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026
But massive photons in de Sitter space could spontaneously decay into matter — which could then decay back into light again.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
So the idea of witnessing a wedding and what that does to you internally birthed the idea of, okay, actually, a bunch of people are going to spontaneously bleed to death at this wedding.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Some of the best travel moments happen spontaneously.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
Despite its simplicity, the device spontaneously self-organized into coordinated traveling waves of motion and adapted automatically as mechanical load increased—mirroring how real muscles recruit additional force when needed.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Thanatophoric dysplasia typically develops spontaneously in utero; it is not usually inherited.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
However, newborns' hearts can spontaneously regenerate during a brief window of time.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Some could even self-replicate by spontaneously sweeping up loose stem cells.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026
But massive photons in de Sitter space could spontaneously decay into matter — which could then decay back into light again.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
So the idea of witnessing a wedding and what that does to you internally birthed the idea of, okay, actually, a bunch of people are going to spontaneously bleed to death at this wedding.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Some of the best travel moments happen spontaneously.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
Despite its simplicity, the device spontaneously self-organized into coordinated traveling waves of motion and adapted automatically as mechanical load increased—mirroring how real muscles recruit additional force when needed.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneously
Adverb
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Flying aboard the Orion spacecraft, the crew is currently executing a free-return trajectory around the Moon, a path that will naturally guide them back to Earth without additional propulsion if required.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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Factors That Can Shift Your Levels Age is the biggest driver, with AMH naturally declining throughout your reproductive years.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Our list is filled with PGA Tour stalwarts, LIV Golf superstars and enough up-and-comers to make the novice fan think twice before automatically presuming this title will end up with one of the usual suspects.—
Jason Sobel,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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When cities buy water rights from rural areas and let the fields go fallow, the land does not automatically return to the shortgrass prairie encountered by 19th-century homesteaders or the Native Americans before them.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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My hand moved instinctively to my stomach, resting at the height of the curve.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Avoid planting grass seed when a downpour is in the forecast, as the rain might scatter your seed haphazardly.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
3 Apr. 2026
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Clubs do not offer such deals haphazardly.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Reilly intuitively understands the psychology of opposing pitches.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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In a movie about two women who intuitively understand each other, Brandt and Trebs are charmingly oafish as men who are eager to fix a dishwasher but less keen on how to repair trauma.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But in August 2022, Centene abruptly backed out of the investment.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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Roy was in his second job running a team in the league, following a three-year tenure with the Avalanche from 2013-16 that included winning the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year and abruptly resigning in the middle of the summer.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Tigani has centralized food preparation in an off-site kitchen and contracted with a bakery to more efficiently meet demand at the three stores.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Farmers, in turn, invest in new technologies and production systems to meet those expectations more efficiently.—
John Cleveland,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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There was so much physical comedy, and setting up jokes, and having to hit the rhythm, and then suddenly something totally tragic happens.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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An exciting next step would be to study what happens near a quantum phase transition—a point where a material suddenly changes its state, similar to water freezing into ice, but driven by quantum effects.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Spontaneously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spontaneously. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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