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Recent Examples of unprompted
But nobody ever likes hearing about something happening completely unprompted again.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Speaking to Patrick Lefevere in the weeks before the Tour, the legendary former principal of Evenepoel’s Soudal-Quickstep team, the Belgian brings up Roglic unprompted.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 5 July 2025
Matthew Santiago, 34, from New Jersey, shared footage on Instagram showing his 14-week-old pup, Zoro, diving headlong into a backyard pool—completely unprompted.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
At Burke’s sentencing in June 2024, Kendall went through many of the letters in detail, seemingly touched by the stories of everyday people to whom Burke reached out, unprompted, to help.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Speaking to Patrick Lefevere in the weeks before the Tour, the legendary former principal of Evenepoel’s Soudal-Quickstep team, the Belgian brings up Roglic unprompted.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 5 July 2025
Matthew Santiago, 34, from New Jersey, shared footage on Instagram showing his 14-week-old pup, Zoro, diving headlong into a backyard pool—completely unprompted.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
At Burke’s sentencing in June 2024, Kendall went through many of the letters in detail, seemingly touched by the stories of everyday people to whom Burke reached out, unprompted, to help.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprompted
Adjective
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Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Earlier in the tournament, Sinner said that their meetings now will never be quite as spontaneous as the epic five-setter here three years ago, which announced their rivalry to the world.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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More broadly, this instinctive punching left at anything that smacks of gender, or academics, or whatever else the center is scared of, is never about language.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Several noted that his instinctive tug had likely prevented the pair from colliding with the elk.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There is no semi-automatic offside system as in La Liga.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The system has an automatic self-cleaning function and is designed for easy, tool-free filter replacement, with filters lasting from 12 to 24 months.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Unprompted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprompted. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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