as in abandon
carefree freedom from constraint
the couple sacrificed some of the spontaneity in their lives when they both got nine-to-five jobs
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Recent Examples of spontaneity
Potentially newsworthy footage that Johnson shot with the documentarian Laura Poitras in Yemen shares time with the simple spontaneity of a lightning strike caught on camera in Nodaway County, Mo.
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Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Some may prefer the spontaneity of a purely organic game.
—Brian Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Plan an itinerary in advance but be sure to leave room for spontaneity.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
Autonomy, for example, is a universal need represented by choice, dignity, freedom, independence, self-expression, space and spontaneity.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Some may prefer the spontaneity of a purely organic game.
—Brian Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Plan an itinerary in advance but be sure to leave room for spontaneity.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
Autonomy, for example, is a universal need represented by choice, dignity, freedom, independence, self-expression, space and spontaneity.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spontaneity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneity
Noun
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One such image, Labour Ward (2012), is a consideration of three female figures, lying on their sides, in various degrees of painful abandon.—
Emmanuel Iduma,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Despite often being the shortest player on the court, the 5-foot-11, 175-pound senior plays with reckless abandon.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Over the past week, the attorneys laid out their case that childhood abuse by his father and an uncle left Ramos battered and traumatized, while his mother’s departure for Singapore to find work resulted in powerful feelings of abandonment.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Kristen Kish Kristen Kish, the show's host and Season 10 winner, radiates the same enthusiasm for Canada as her fellow judge, Simmons, having built her own connection to Toronto through family visits over the years.—
Kimberly Lyn,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
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Regretfully many gardeners were not successful with their plantings and the enthusiasm for azaleas has dwindled.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Spontaneity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spontaneity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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