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as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
an inborn talent for dancing
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as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
certain instincts are inborn in mice
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Recent Examples of inborn
But that look of inborn chic didn’t just happen.
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Naturally, jumping styles are not necessarily inborn, immutable traits.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Like so many inborn traits, the spiritual impulse for prayer can grow stronger, and just as easily grow weaker.
—Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Platt notes that this change in approach came at a time when popular ideas about race were shifting toward a focus on inborn, genetic differences.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 28 Jan. 2025
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Naturally, jumping styles are not necessarily inborn, immutable traits.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Like so many inborn traits, the spiritual impulse for prayer can grow stronger, and just as easily grow weaker.
—Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Platt notes that this change in approach came at a time when popular ideas about race were shifting toward a focus on inborn, genetic differences.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inborn
Adjective
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Humans in the Loop For sure, there’s a need to celebrate the human in the loop, and the inherent value of humanity.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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There is an inherent asymmetry of vulnerability here; doctors and patients are not equals at the Thanksgiving table.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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Unfortunately for her and other patients, there's no specific treatment for the genetic disease.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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When the main family began dying out and failed to produce an heir, the branch families were always there to lend a male with the right genetic pedigree for adoption.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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This intrinsic volatility is a typical trait of new, avant-garde technologies.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Is your motivation for doing well extrinsic or intrinsic?—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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This hereditary disease causes your body to absorb too much iron from your diet.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
24 May 2025
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One of the Clarksons likely received the Magna Carta at some point in the early 1800s from William Lowther, the hereditary lord of Appleby manor.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Becoming Prepared For Tomorrow AI is no longer a frontier test technology but is becoming an integral part of engineering excellence.—
Srinivasa Rao Bittla,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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At the same time, news is still an integral part of most people’s entertainment diet.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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Captions are essential, especially on mobile devices or in quiet settings.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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And in all, $12.6 billion in damage is possible across California’s 20 coastal and bayside counties — a figure that doesn’t include damage to ports, harbors, roads, essential facilities or other infrastructure.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Quoting the late American historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Horn said Jewish culture makes a distinction between history and memory, and Jews are more interested in memory: investing a historical event with eternal, inheritable meaning.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Inborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inborn. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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