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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a second nature" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a skill or behavior that has become so ingrained that it feels instinctive or automatic.
Example: "After years of practice, playing the piano became a second nature to her."
Alternatives: "second instinct" or "innate ability".
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They spelled it out in a second Nature paper, almost like a couplet (above).
"Winning is like a second nature to him," Loomis said of Gordon.
After a few days' interlude there, we visited a second nature preserve.
It is the construction of the moral mind as a human artifact, as a "second nature".
Twain adds that "in the fiery crucible of battle Grant had actually created a whole new self -- a second nature".
And then, last month, DeepMind published a second Nature cover story – itself a remarkable achievement in such a short period.
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Still, changes in climate and sea level would have favored earlier migrations, according to a fourth Nature paper.
Therefore Aristotle is right when he considers the heavens to constitute a fifth nature besides the four elements.
In a third Nature study, tumor immunologist and physician Antoni Ribas of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues pinpointed another biomarker that might help improve the success rate of the immune-awakening antibodies.
"It becomes a second-nature thing," Holmes said when asked in early September about his approach.
Characteristics assigned to these artists include having a second-nature relationship to digital media; a preference for sentiment over irony; an aesthetic interest in reorganizing existing materials rather than trying to invent from scratch; and so on.
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