as in ritual
a usual manner of behaving or doing
speaking and thinking in Japanese simply became second nature to her during the years she spent in Kyoto
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Recent Examples of second nature
This training becomes second nature, according to Nelson, allowing flight attendants to respond automatically in a situation that might leave anyone else in a state of shock.
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Eventually, a positive habit loop can become second nature.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 29 Jan. 2025
But those qualities, second nature to any Libra, will also be crucial for the hardest thing about dog training: dealing with dog owners.
—Fran Tirado, Them, 18 Dec. 2024
The process of curation has become second nature for James-Williams as her career moved from budding to established in the city.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Eventually, a positive habit loop can become second nature.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 29 Jan. 2025
But those qualities, second nature to any Libra, will also be crucial for the hardest thing about dog training: dealing with dog owners.
—Fran Tirado, Them, 18 Dec. 2024
The process of curation has become second nature for James-Williams as her career moved from budding to established in the city.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second nature
Noun
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As routines and rituals evaporated, often replaced by grief, fear and isolation, many of us wondered: When will things go back to normal?—
Jenna Russell,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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McCray is accused of punching Wilson in the chest multiple times as part of a hazing ritual for the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, according to investigators.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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To help rule out other possible conditions, your healthcare provider may ask about your alcohol use, medications, lifestyle habits, and symptoms.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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When Mercury moves into Pisces on March 30, your mindset and communication habits come under review.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
14 Mar. 2025
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The sources described the relationship as not yet serious, but on its way to becoming so.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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But instead, we’ve been led to believe that Covid is now just a minor inconvenience that shouldn’t stand in the way of going to work or socializing — with or without masks.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2025
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This chip also drives many of the phone's artificial intelligence features, and allows the Pixel 9a to take advantage of all the same AI camera tricks introduced on the Pixel 9 smartphones in 2024.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2025
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This cat's trick shouldn't be too much of a surprise as many videos of felines opening doors have flooded social media in recent years.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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His wife, a family doctor, relies on C.D.C. apps in her practice.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
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Since 2022, drivers who have participated in no more than two F1 races in their careers have been able to drive each of a team’s two cars during the first practice of a race weekend – once in each of their cars, so twice in a full season.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Three variants of the prior-generation Model Y listed earlier this week on the Model Y custom order page – also known as the online configurator – have been removed as of Thursday in the U.S.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Amid a crackdown by customs and anti-drug trafficking police at the Cap-Haïtien seaport, protests broke out and Haiti’s customs office temporarily halted operations there.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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