as in instinct
an innate sense of what is true or what will happen
Although the child looked fine, the parents' intuition told them something was wrong.
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Recent Examples of intuition
Such discrepancies in Bach’s manuscripts show that no definitive version of the Mass exists and that modern performers are free to follow their intuition.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Among President Donald Trump’s lizard-brain intuitions is that Americans are overwhelmed by choice.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
The bigger component is a creative one, nurtured through intuition as opposed to stats.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 18 June 2025
When swept up in music, as a listener or maker or both, a human mind knows that the connections being made are not computational, but spiritual — not just inputs and outputs, but intuition, too.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Among President Donald Trump’s lizard-brain intuitions is that Americans are overwhelmed by choice.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
The bigger component is a creative one, nurtured through intuition as opposed to stats.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 18 June 2025
When swept up in music, as a listener or maker or both, a human mind knows that the connections being made are not computational, but spiritual — not just inputs and outputs, but intuition, too.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuition
instinct
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Trigger Loyalty Loops With Timely, Personal Freebies Loyalty grows strongest when it’s sparked by instinct, not obligation.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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How did your time with Artful Dodger shape your musical instincts going into Born to Do It?—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
30 June 2025
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