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Recent Examples of intrinsic This intrinsic volatility is a typical trait of new, avant-garde technologies. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 Is your motivation for doing well extrinsic or intrinsic? Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 June 2025 Winant crystallizes this idea of crossing a indescribable threshold through her discussion and analysis of masochism, an intrinsic component of athletic practice that intertwines physical pleasure with pain. Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025 Prominent investors like Warren Buffett remain wary, emphasizing Bitcoin’s lack of intrinsic value and the possibility of regulatory crackdowns. Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for intrinsic
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Adjective
  • Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.
    Anuradha Weeraman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The fibers’ inherent comfort also resonates with lifestyle brands like Ugg.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Legal recourse can be an integral part of institutional strategy.
    John Marino, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Scientific fieldwork is an integral part of research in many disciplines, including geology, geography, forestry, ecology, and others.
    Sarah Boon June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • The idea is to keep pushing European governments on problems created by tourism, like rising rents and housing shortages, environmental damage and neighborhoods losing essential services for residents.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 1 July 2025

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“Intrinsic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrinsic. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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