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unconsciously

[uhn-kon-shuhs-lee] / ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs li /


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You unconsciously stand up straight in a cathedral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"Europe has a number of cards up its sleeve -- and it's chosen consciously or unconsciously not to use them," said the German Marshall Fund's Varma.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

“We’re almost all in cahoots, or unconsciously have agreed to society being this way . . . and we’ve been born into it,” she said.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

He didn’t recall that exact conversation but reported: “I unconsciously had told someone about the offer, an informant to the FBI, and the FBI wrote it down.”

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025

Lancelot dropped unconsciously into the language of chivalry also.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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