as in naturalness
carefree freedom from constraint
her friends loved her for her natural spontaneousness
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Noun
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Early James, a 31-year-old Troy, Alabama native, makes folksy blues music that seems best suited for stoking anarchy while soothing reckless abandon.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
28 June 2025 -
The takeaway: Reckless abandon is not the way to survive a season.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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But that still didn’t make up for the abandonment felt by a town whose rhythms for generations revolved around regular papal visits.—
Dario Artale,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Now 18, the Ethiopia native who was adopted by the Bevins in 2012 and filed for an emergency protective order earlier this month is seeking long-term protective orders against them over his allegations of abuse and abandonment.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Even when the mock-gaming generated an oldie that Halsey had never sung live before, it was sung impeccably, without visible aid from prompters — proving, once again, that nothing goes further in allowing spontaneity to flourish than oodles of preparation.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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Surely, Spielberg’s belief in chaos is only philosophical: Nothing like spontaneity is going to interrupt this large system’s march to a half-billion-dollar worldwide gross.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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It was never built, because understanding dolphin language was never a research priority, but the whole project just feels very 1970s in its inspiration and enthusiasm.—
Eva Amsen,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Crucially for Spurs, that enthusiasm in possession doesn’t wane without it.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Furthermore, parallel to these efforts being the means to improve performance and profitability, many of these initiatives are important incentives for employees to maintain a sense of normalcy and zeal for their careers.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The zeal of the 1979 revolution is still visible on the tables of the Den of Spies, in the papers true believers re-assembled strand-by-strand.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
22 June 2025
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“Spontaneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spontaneousness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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