as in fundamentally
by natural character or ability
the judge's observation that women are not inherently better at parenting than men
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Adverb
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Instead, manager Aaron Boone had to answer another round of questions about his fundamentally inept club.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025 -
That includes fundamentally changing its governance and holding general elections in 2026 in which Hamas − the terrorist group in charge of Gaza − can play no part.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
Adverb
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Much of the celebration will, naturally, center around the artist's music, with a pre-show happy hour between 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM prior to every concert, complete with limited-edition cocktails inspired by Bad Bunny's tracks.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Quinoa, which is naturally gluten-free, is a filling carb option.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
14 July 2025
Adverb
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Such control isn’t intrinsically tyrannical or oppressive.—
Michael W. Clune,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Motivation and academic engagement are important factors in college mental health, because bored and intrinsically unmotivated students usually struggle with other concerns.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
Adverb
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As a result, Montealegre recently took on a big new role as people experience lead — basically, director of human resources — for all 18 locations.—
Ryan Stowers,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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And that basically was the demise of our relationship.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
31 July 2025
Adverb
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Pew found in August 2024 that 61 percent of those polled felt that legal immigrants filled jobs American citizens wouldn't do, essentially unchanged from when the same question was asked in 2020.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Like a lot of New York City residents, my local subway station is essentially another room in my apartment.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Inherently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inherently. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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