as in knowing
to have a clear idea of
an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters
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Recent Examples of intuiting
Lecter’s main power was his penetrating thinking and sustained intuiting.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead, first Anna and Tess and then Harper and Lily land at the table of bargain-basement psychic Madame Jen (Vanessa Bayer, working hard for little dividend), who surprises even herself by intuiting that the older Colemans’ lifelines have intersected before.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead, first Anna and Tess and then Harper and Lily land at the table of bargain-basement psychic Madame Jen (Vanessa Bayer, working hard for little dividend), who surprises even herself by intuiting that the older Colemans’ lifelines have intersected before.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuiting
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Wagner apologizes, knowing that his relationship with his baby, who is now 27 years old, is too important to throw away by being overprotective of her (or of his work-daughter Kaya).—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Catering horror to a younger demographic is all about knowing where to draw the line.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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By better understanding its environment, the robot can more effectively perceive and navigate the cluttered and complex interior of the reactor, avoiding obstacles and locating work areas.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The startup has built a unified real-time orchestration layer that manages all the different things the AI needs to do at once, such as listening, understanding what’s being said, deciding how to respond, checking databases, and delivering an answer.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dreams are a concept that humans have been fascinated with deciphering for thousands of years.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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Though historians have called for further research before making claims, the proposal of a script rooted in sign language might open the chance to explore a new way of deciphering Mayan art and show the ancient civilization to be even more sophisticated and efficient than scholars even knew.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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Ross reunited with Girlfriends co-stars Jill Marie Jones, Persia White and Golden Brooks, who presented her with the Pathbreaker of the Year award, recognizing her longevity onscreen and business savvy as founder of Pattern Beauty.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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The minister highlighted that Taiwan established TAICCA six years ago after recognizing that the content industry represents a strategic sector.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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Heavener said her young students have a hard time comprehending what is going on.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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According to the Migration Policy Institute, more than 230,000 Coloradans have difficulty comprehending and communicating in English.—
Micki Olson,
The Conversation,
16 Sep. 2025
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Admittedly, this may delight a curious gardener who enjoys seeing what novelties a volunteer plant can produce.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Added to the trauma of grief and sudden eviction under threat of reprisal, Adelaida has to endure seeing the sacred mementos of her mother’s life trashed by the thuggish new squatters.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, these grasping abilities would have also helped climb.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Yang jumped in, appreciating his photo of Bailey in a black jumpsuit hoisting himself up on a set of gymnastic rings.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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Similarly mundane material is given to Seth Rogen (as a fellow rabbi more concerned with having fun than appreciating the faith), Kate Berlant (as Rogen’s partner in faith), and Alex Karpovsky (as another rabbi, this one invited to join Noah’s temple).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Intuiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuiting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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