second nature

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Taking part in a panel discussion about male suicide with host Greg James, he said that would help open discussions "become second nature to us all" and reflected on his own strategies for processing emotions.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

For example, cybersecurity training could teach simple, practiced routines and focus on creating habits, so that avoiding risky links becomes second nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

He's still a teenager whose pace and ability to ghost past defenders is second nature to him.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

“The way that she thinks and moves and speaks and acts and behaves is almost second nature because of how long I’ve lived in her,” Ramsey says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

And they talk among themselves as if their knowledge were second nature to every educated person.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker