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
In short, in the mid-20th century, our understanding of Mars was still as much intuition and imagination as fact.
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Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
The experience highlighted the benefits of disconnecting from technology, focusing on the present, and trusting intuition.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Listen to your intuition and gut to make sense of your decisions.
—Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Tools can tailor tone and style and even match a student's previous work, making plagiarism nearly impossible to identify without sophisticated forensics or human intuition.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
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Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
The experience highlighted the benefits of disconnecting from technology, focusing on the present, and trusting intuition.
—Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Listen to your intuition and gut to make sense of your decisions.
—Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Tools can tailor tone and style and even match a student's previous work, making plagiarism nearly impossible to identify without sophisticated forensics or human intuition.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuition
instinct
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My gut instinct says the odds are 60-40 in favor of no recession, but anyone can adjust their numbers based on their own reading of what White House strategy will be.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Their first meeting happened on a blind date, and Guy's instincts proved right.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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“Intuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuition. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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