as in spontaneous
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Recent Examples of unprompted
In fact, this spring, another team’s ace — with no connection to either Wheeler or the NL winner in ’21, Corbin Burnes — went on an unprompted rant about it to me.
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Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
Revisiting what might have been the most dangerous moment for him eight years ago, unprompted, and reminding voters about his long history of disparaging comments.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
This is a completely unprompted example of what’s called the Saudi hafawah.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Johnson, unprompted, pointed out Jeremy Shelley, the team’s senior vice president and assistant general manager, as a potential candidate.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
Revisiting what might have been the most dangerous moment for him eight years ago, unprompted, and reminding voters about his long history of disparaging comments.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
This is a completely unprompted example of what’s called the Saudi hafawah.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Johnson, unprompted, pointed out Jeremy Shelley, the team’s senior vice president and assistant general manager, as a potential candidate.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprompted
Adjective
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My creative process is instinctive and spontaneous.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Read More: These Are the Best Ways to Improve Your Memory In addition, bus drivers, aircraft pilots, and ship captains—the jobs with less spontaneous decision-making—had Alzheimer’s death rates typical of the rest of the population.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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Its low latency allows for instinctive operation whether controlled by a single operator or remotely.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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According to Prada, this particular collection represented to her our instinctive approach to dressing: prioritizing what feels right over what we’re told to wear.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Tedesco’s side won just one of their six matches in League A Group 2, finishing nine points behind France and Italy while avoiding automatic relegation to League B by finishing above Israel on goal difference.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Make Vehicle Technology Your Back-Up Modern cars have a lot of safety features, including anti-lock brakes, automatic emergency brakes, lane assists and more.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Unprompted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprompted. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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