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as in naturally
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as in automatically
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Recent Examples of spontaneously
Perhaps a workable solution is to spontaneously gird and stabilize itself when generating and absorbing force.
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Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
There was a woman in Canada who spontaneously aborted her child because she was exposed to someone who had not been immunized.
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CBS News,
28 June 2026
That same night, unbeknownst to friends and family, the couple spontaneously wed in a courthouse wedding.
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Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Perhaps most notably, in several areas along the Western Front during World War I, British and German troops spontaneously observed an unofficial truce to celebrate the Christmas holiday and bury their dead.
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Steve S. Medeiros,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Every so often, one of the South African teams would spontaneously burst into song, dragging everyone in earshot into an impromptu dance party.
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Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
The neighbors who spontaneously provided food and drinks to the first responders on the scene.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
For this latest study, Loukola was interested in whether bees could spontaneously solve problems.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
There was a woman in Canada who spontaneously aborted her child because she was exposed to someone who had not been immunized.
—
CBS News,
28 June 2026
That same night, unbeknownst to friends and family, the couple spontaneously wed in a courthouse wedding.
—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Perhaps most notably, in several areas along the Western Front during World War I, British and German troops spontaneously observed an unofficial truce to celebrate the Christmas holiday and bury their dead.
—
Steve S. Medeiros,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Every so often, one of the South African teams would spontaneously burst into song, dragging everyone in earshot into an impromptu dance party.
—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
The neighbors who spontaneously provided food and drinks to the first responders on the scene.
—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
The scientists demonstrated that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
For this latest study, Loukola was interested in whether bees could spontaneously solve problems.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneously
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Manager Kurt Suzuki is naturally superstitious, and the Pikachu didn’t faze him much.
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Another method is to cut off oxygen to the fire by using a snuffing lid, then let the fire burn out naturally.
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During this recent Code Red, however, all 311 calls about homeless welfare were automatically being rerouted to 911, Coleman says.
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This horoscope was generated automatically using information from Sanctuary.
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The best of them have built audiences by understanding, instinctively and precisely, how to earn attention and trust.
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In the period immediately preceding the war, Reynolds shows us, people on both sides almost instinctively reached for this conceit to explain the irrepressible conflict.
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Others may mismanage their finances, spending investment funds haphazardly without building reserves or planning for future funding rounds, also resulting in failure.
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Towel Bars Towel bars can easily look sloppy once a few towels have been haphazardly hung on them.
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Anyone who has experienced a breakthrough in the shower, during a walk, or while on vacation understands this intuitively.
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Rollerena seems to have understood this almost intuitively, resisting the slide into obscurity.
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Last week, the president abruptly canceled a housing bill signing ceremony, blocking the legislation from immediately becoming law.
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Once a promising middle-of-the-order threat with the Cubs, Morel's offensive regression intensified in Miami, ending the experiment abruptly.
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These upgrades are intended to improve the robot’s ability to manipulate tools, handle materials, and work efficiently in factory environments.
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Many beaches, parks, and attractions are spread out, and public transit doesn’t reach all of them efficiently.
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Not because a new appendix deserves a barnstorming tour, or because county unemployment data has suddenly become beach reading.
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In some areas, the water may look shallow and calm yet drop off suddenly into deep pools.
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“Spontaneously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spontaneously. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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