as in chronic
being such from birth or by nature
a congenital liar who couldn't speak the truth if his life depended on it
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Recent Examples of congenital
Place's daughter, Ingrid, died just one day after she was born with the same congenital heart defect — hypoplastic left heart syndrome — that Caleb has.
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Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
About 20,000 were born with congenital rubella syndrome.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Hamilton said her brother did his best to provide for his family, including a son who suffers from a rare disease called congenital hyperinsulinism.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Sienna Barton, from Saratoga Springs, was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, according to Intermountain Health, one of the locations where she was treated.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
About 20,000 were born with congenital rubella syndrome.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Hamilton said her brother did his best to provide for his family, including a son who suffers from a rare disease called congenital hyperinsulinism.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Sienna Barton, from Saratoga Springs, was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, according to Intermountain Health, one of the locations where she was treated.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congenital
Adjective
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Mindfulness is also helpful for people with chronic stress.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
22 Oct. 2025
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Rising seas also are projected to cause chronic flooding at coastal military bases in the coming decades, with half of coastal bases each facing 270 or more flood events every year, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.—
Ames Alexander,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Shaw has said he was reborn after the shooting and years later would become a born-again Christian.—
Jordan Blum,
Houston Chronicle,
9 June 2019
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In his mid-40s, Mr. Phillips had quietly become a born-again Christian after attending a Billy Graham rally.—
James R. Hagerty,
WSJ,
18 Jan. 2019
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This groundbreaking method could transform the way researchers study complex diseases, including cancer, without disrupting natural cellular processes.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The large-mouthed sharks end up hoovering in some of this natural debris.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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This early modern period would set the foundations of the rise of the transatlantic slave trade and a new form of slavery—hereditary racial slavery—that would be central to the creation of the racial-caste hierarchy and to the rise of Britain’s wealthy and brutal Caribbean slave empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most cases of early-onset cancer are not explained by a heritable factor, but Ng said those diagnosed with any cancer at a young age have a higher chance of being diagnosed with a hereditary syndrome, such as Lynch syndrome or familial adenomatous polyposis.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Congenital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congenital. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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