unprompted
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Users hoping to cure themselves of the universal affliction of screen-time addiction have evangelized the tech, while celebrities such as Conan O’Brien and Lorde have broadcast their love for the device unprompted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"The underreported symptoms are leads that came from patients themselves, unprompted, and clinicians could potentially pay attention to them."
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
After summoning the White House press pool, Trump strode to a podium bearing the presidential seal and, unprompted, declared that the “lies” linking her to Jeffrey Epstein had to end.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
This careful, unprompted commitment to the multilateralism of Germany's military efforts occurs again and again in conversations with the German military.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The stories that Vivian began to tell only with prodding, in dutiful answer to specific questions, are spilling forth unprompted, one after another, so many that even Vivian seems surprised.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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