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Recent Examples of unpremeditated Richmond initially was charged with unpremeditated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024 His determination to capture the naturalistic, unpremeditated aspects of his subjects made his work pulse with a startling sense of life. The New Yorker, 11 May 2022 Sanick Dela Cruz is charged with unpremeditated murder and making a false statement. CNN, 9 Mar. 2022 Rooney also resembled Hemingway—and Raymond Carver, a renovator of Hemingway’s minimalism whom Rooney has cited as an influence—in her ability to write dialogue that sounds unpremeditated but has a neutron-star density of drama and emotion. Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021 Colloquial speech sounds direct and unpremeditated. Washington Post, 9 July 2021 Although in cancel culture the moral panics are roving and unpremeditated, they can still be exploited for the benefit of the dominant class. New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 Even the story behind her name encapsulates her seemingly unpremeditated, autonomous career moves, while also reflecting the tension between availability and evasion that animates her work. Emily J. Lordi Photographs By Liz Johnson Artur, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020 If death is always trying to spirit Carol away, like a demon lover, and psychosis comes suddenly for Anna, like an unpremeditated assault, it’s life that grinds Bonnie down. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpremeditated
Adjective
  • But the real Sylvia and Mort were larger-than-life characters and became accidental celebrities when The Nanny aired.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • Collantes ruled the cut was the result of an accidental headbutt, Suarez’s team is arguing that a punch caused the cut.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Near the end of the night, several students reportedly made an impromptu decision to swim in the river near Dartmouth's student docks.
    Corin Cesaric, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • Laxe revels in the beauty and imposing scale of the Sahara desert (where Sirat was filmed) with scenes of the cars rolling up steep mountains or getting lost in impromptu sand storms.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025

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“Unpremeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpremeditated. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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