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
Other areas highlighted during the retrograde are health matters, intuition, and societal change.
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 1 May 2025
This is followed by a snazzy trine between Venus and Aries and Mars in Leo on May 22, as this synergy evokes a desire for passion, romance and creative expression, while the sun in Gemini’s sextile with Neptune in Aries inspires us to dream big and tap into our intuition.
—Staff Author, People.com, 1 May 2025
One thing that struck me about him was his intuition and pastoral instincts.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Profound wisdom lives in your most receptive, quiet thoughts so your intuition can guide you where intellect sometimes can’t.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 2 May 2025
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 1 May 2025
This is followed by a snazzy trine between Venus and Aries and Mars in Leo on May 22, as this synergy evokes a desire for passion, romance and creative expression, while the sun in Gemini’s sextile with Neptune in Aries inspires us to dream big and tap into our intuition.
—Staff Author, People.com, 1 May 2025
One thing that struck me about him was his intuition and pastoral instincts.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Profound wisdom lives in your most receptive, quiet thoughts so your intuition can guide you where intellect sometimes can’t.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuition
instinct
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Instead of trying to sneak a bite while nobody is watching him, Dough the XL bully keeps his cool and controls his instincts, defeating any possible temptation.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Russ also felt betrayed by Oliveira—though, when Arnett first reaches out, his initial instinct is to warn the police chief.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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“Intuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuition. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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