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Recent Examples of unprompted
But, unprompted, Sánchez decided to praise another member of the pitching staff.
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Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
The feature occasionally appears, unprompted, when the app detects low storage, but there's no known way to activate it manually.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
One woman, while preparing for her interview, lost her brother in unprompted violence.
—William Jones, USA Today, 26 July 2025
But nobody ever likes hearing about something happening completely unprompted again.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
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Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
The feature occasionally appears, unprompted, when the app detects low storage, but there's no known way to activate it manually.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
One woman, while preparing for her interview, lost her brother in unprompted violence.
—William Jones, USA Today, 26 July 2025
But nobody ever likes hearing about something happening completely unprompted again.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprompted
Adjective
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My photos from Sleepwalking are spontaneous, and coincidence is very important to keep my curiosity alive and to look out for narratives.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Harlem Renaissance was filled with poetry and song—and with performance, as enshrined in Greaves’s footage which features many spontaneous, thrillingly theatrical recitations of poems by Bontemps, Hughes, Cullen, and McKay.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While Rosie may have had her own unique reason, most canines dig for some very practical—or instinctive—purposes.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Each motion of his swing, once dissected, felt mechanical rather than instinctive.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Idaho Transportation Department uses automatic traffic counters along the highway to calculate the average number of vehicles each day.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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Customers who do not qualify for the automatic payouts will have to wait until after the first payout.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Unprompted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprompted. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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