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spontaneity

[spon-tuh-nee-i-tee, -ney-] / ˌspɒn təˈni ɪ ti, -ˈneɪ- /


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Now she injects insulin twice a day, monitors what she eats, and despite missing the spontaneity of her old life, is learning to adapt to her new one.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Fessler said Shields moved through the world with brightness and spontaneity in a constant journey of self-development.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Warm and funny, Ceuzany is also "a true daughter of Mindelo, she possesses that same spontaneity that Cesaria had".

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

“There’s a little bit of spontaneity and the unknown,” her mom says of not knowing who’s calling.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

Sprezzatura—that quality of life and spontaneity in a speech— is the thing to aim for.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Likewise, some chemical reactions can also exhibit temperature dependent spontaneities.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

When it comes to being filled, this should be with nothing but your – or you and your colleagues' – own, individual needs, desires, hunches, improvisations, spontaneities.

From The Guardian May 25, 2012

Was it hard work picking out her undiplomatic spontaneities?

From Time Magazine Archive

From the perspective of the late '60s, the old rebellions and spontaneities seem as touchingly quaint as the shock they elicited at the time.

From Time Magazine Archive

He looked startled and in fact my question rather startled me; kemmer brings out these spontaneities in one.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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