innate
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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
The most fundamental tool he describes is an innate “number sense,” as displayed by both humans and some animals, including rats, ants, chickens, chimpanzees and guppies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
The chief testified to his belief in the innate goodness of man and how moral persuasion plus economic pressure could well lead to a change of heart on the part of white South Africans.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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