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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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Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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This bill would entrench West Oakland and many other neighborhoods across the state as sacrifice zones, forcing us to deal with toxic chemicals and spontaneous fires for the sake of corporate profits.—
Brian Beveridge,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Each motion of his swing, once dissected, felt mechanical rather than instinctive.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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When role demands match instinctive strengths, work feels like swimming with the current instead of against it.—
Carrie Moore,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But those ninth innings had started to become less automatic, and Counsell trusts relievers such as Brad Keller (Friday’s eighth-inning guy) and Andrew Kittredge (Friday’s closer) in just about any situation.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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That includes supporting a ban on semiautomatic automatic weapons and high capacity magazines.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Unprompted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprompted. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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