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inherently

[in-her-uhnt-lee, -heer-] / ɪnˈhɛr ənt li, -ˈhɪər- /


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Six Unknown Named Agents, the Supreme Court recognized that the Constitution inherently empowers people to sue federal agents who violate the rights that the Constitution protects.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

Under this hypothesis, the brain's crossed connections did not necessarily arise because controlling the opposite side of the body was inherently more effective.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Sheen — born Ramón Estévez, the son of a Spanish émigré who worked in an Ohio factory — argues that Americans are inherently hopeful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

"It ends up in facilities like ours where it will be touched by people and that's inherently unsafe."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It was his familiarity with atomism which made it possible for Bacon, exceptionally and presciently, to dismiss human sensory organs as inherently defective and often misleading.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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