instinct
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Hartnett’s instinct is that even though risk sentiment has deteriorated markedly, investors, attuned to recoveries from geopolitically induced selloffs, have been reluctant to dump shares and are still long global stocks.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
I didn’t want to abandon that instinct so much as … give it a little more range.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Sometimes gut is mere emotion dressed up as instinct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Barber's instinct is that it is more like three to four years away, and that judgement is hard to argue with.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
My first instinct is to jump out of the car to shout and wave like a deranged island castaway, but before I can give in to the impulse, the plane is gone.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing instinct
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