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intuition

[in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn tuˈɪʃ ən, -tju- /


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"My intuition is that it probably is as bad. If you look at the sheer number of hotspots, it's still trending up and up," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Actually, parents should just learn themselves and go on intuition," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

It’s a mixture of intuition, understanding and research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

For decades, both scientific theories and everyday intuition have tended to describe decision-making as a sequence.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Her late-afternoon walks had not concealed her meetings with a boy her mother had long had intuition of.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

"I think I understand more about why that wasn't done -- obviously gratefully -- but that is an area where my intuitions were just off."

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

She was arguably the least influenced of the three, yet the moral intuitions of writers seem to be that she most betrayed the craft.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

We trust our intuitions when we should rely on rational calculation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

Beyond economics, we found that judgments about excessive wealth are also shaped by deeper moral intuitions.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025

He himself seldom had that sort of feeling about people—if they were nice to him, he liked them—but his dæmon’s intuitions had proved reliable many times.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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