spontaneous

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This one-sided empathy is not a spontaneous response to compelling facts, however.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Vance, though, is clearly incapable of such a spontaneous response.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

The men were accused of working for the U.S. and Israel, though the protests around the country were spontaneous, widespread and came before the current conflict began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Their analysis revealed that slightly more than 10% of cell divisions produce spontaneous chromosomal abnormalities.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Gene replication must explain how a multicellular organism emerges from a single cell—and errors in replication might elucidate how a spontaneous metabolic illness, or a devastating mental disease, might arise in a previously unaffected family.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee