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Recent Examples of intuitively
It is organized intuitively—which is to say, by season.
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Jan. 2026
This is a rebirth point, emotionally, energetically, and intuitively.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
This is an intuitively plausible and reassuringly simple idea, and it has been widely adopted by people in the running industry.
—Outside, 30 Dec. 2025
Crowe seems to intuitively understand how fascism is rooted in fear of not being manly enough.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
By equipping a commercial prosthetic with pressure and proximity sensors and training an AI neural network on natural grasping movements, the team created a hand that grips more intuitively and securely.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The cognitive élites are right to say that people who think about things intuitively are often wrong; on issues including crime and immigration, the truth is counterintuitive.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
That selection in no small part thanks to the visual flare of Alexandrova’s work behind the camera, and that visual flare comes in no small part of how intuitively Alexandrova understood Mendonça Filho’s script.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
The answer seems intuitively obvious.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Jan. 2026
This is a rebirth point, emotionally, energetically, and intuitively.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
This is an intuitively plausible and reassuringly simple idea, and it has been widely adopted by people in the running industry.
—Outside, 30 Dec. 2025
Crowe seems to intuitively understand how fascism is rooted in fear of not being manly enough.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
By equipping a commercial prosthetic with pressure and proximity sensors and training an AI neural network on natural grasping movements, the team created a hand that grips more intuitively and securely.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
The cognitive élites are right to say that people who think about things intuitively are often wrong; on issues including crime and immigration, the truth is counterintuitive.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
That selection in no small part thanks to the visual flare of Alexandrova’s work behind the camera, and that visual flare comes in no small part of how intuitively Alexandrova understood Mendonça Filho’s script.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
The answer seems intuitively obvious.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuitively
Adverb
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Not Enough Seating—or the Wrong Kind Guests instinctively assess whether a room can comfortably accommodate them.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
14 Jan. 2026
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Almost instinctively, Hughes raised his gloved hand to his head, stunned.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Your orchid will essentially drown in these conditions.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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Leadership also introduced Senate Bill 18, which would require state courts to suppress records of people who’ve changed their names — essentially keeping them private.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That's exactly what Cooper Howard is trying to figure out, is here's a character who on his face is fundamentally sort of duplicitous, right?—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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Two dynamics are fundamentally reshaping the structure and functioning of the American government.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Intuitively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuitively. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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