intuition

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. 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 See All Example Sentences for intuition
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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
  • 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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“Intuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuition. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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