: useful information concerning a subject of interest (such as an enemy) : intelligence
Fresh and accurate intel would result in successful operations.—
Darryl Young
Darryl YoungThe airlines crave intel on your food allergies, your tolerance for G-forces and your propensity for air rage.—McKenzie Funk
—often used before another nounMcKenzie Funkintel data
an intel briefing
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Greta Lee is an intelligence officer pulled from a Gettysburg trip with her kid to deliver some important North Korean intel.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
He's killed by a shot from Grasso (Fabien Frankel), the FBI agent who was secretly leaking intel to the Dark Hearts.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
What does matter — in terms of the dynamics of this dilemma going forward — is that the NBA world has more intel about this situation now than was known before.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
But what’s the latest intel on Lala?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
He's killed by a shot from Grasso (Fabien Frankel), the FBI agent who was secretly leaking intel to the Dark Hearts.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
What does matter — in terms of the dynamics of this dilemma going forward — is that the NBA world has more intel about this situation now than was known before.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
But what’s the latest intel on Lala?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Intel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intel. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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