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innate

[ih-neyt, in-eyt] / ɪˈneɪt, ˈɪn eɪt /


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"I have an innate ability to take good material and make it better, and to take bad material and make it fair."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

We have this almost innate sense of: Well, if they indict someone, that person probably did something pretty bad.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

Humor resonates with something individual, possibly innate and probably inexplicable inside each of us; our sense of it is something we can’t control.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Rarely has a writer exhibited such an innate strength of character.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

I must admit that my body moved with surprising agility; I am not without an innate sense of rhythm; my ancestors must have been rather outstanding at jigging on the heath.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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