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
Yeah, so there’s some really great intuition about it.
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Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Lanford had confirmed this intuition mathematically for his very short time frame.
—Leila Sloman, Wired News, 3 Aug. 2025
Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
And in this case, even the strongest analyst intuition may not be enough to overcome this challenge.
—Alex Lanstein, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Lanford had confirmed this intuition mathematically for his very short time frame.
—Leila Sloman, Wired News, 3 Aug. 2025
Your intuition is dialed in right now, and your creativity is magnetic.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
And in this case, even the strongest analyst intuition may not be enough to overcome this challenge.
—Alex Lanstein, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intuition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuition
instinct
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Trump’s instincts correctly assessed that reality in Anchorage, his pained expression belying the positive claims from Russian and American staffers of how well the meeting had gone.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Intuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuition. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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