instinct

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Recent Examples on the Web Klein’s instincts and insights were critical throughout the past five presidential election cycles, helping guide ABC News’ reporting on Washington’s campaigns and political battles. ABC News, 23 Oct. 2024 July shares Ernaux’s instinct to describe-not-explain. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024 Rely on your instincts, research and wariness of anyone pushing an agenda dominated by cash flow. Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024 After the election, however, gossip spread among Labour insiders—and into the newspapers—that Gray was a micromanager with poor political instincts. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for instinct 

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“Instinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instinct. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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