instinct
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They capture contemporaneous mood, instinct and private views.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
When financial adviser Liz Windisch sits down with Generation X clients, she finds they consistently seek safety in cash — and they’re passing that conservative instinct down to their children.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
The aim, from the start, was not to spotlight people but to illuminate architecture—an inversion of the usual transit instinct to flood everything with harsh brightness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Had it heeded a more malevolent sensibility than an instinct to overexplain, it might have been more ruthlessly effective at yucking our yum for road trips.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
When my mother died and was cremated herself, we worried that, acting on instinct, our father might run out and immediately replace her.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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