instinctive
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Our instinctive response to every bubble, at least for the last 25 years, has been austerity.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
The instinctive response is elegiac: lament the shuttered campus, mourn the futures it might have made, hope for rescue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
“People make that decision not from the rational brain, but from the emotional, instinctive brain,” said Deborah Price, a money coach in Petaluma, Calif.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
“When you’re instinctive, you’re tough and you catch everything, that’s a pretty high floor. Absolute worst case, you’re going to have a steady, dependable, reliable player.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
And when we hear about someone like Chris Langan, our instinctive response is the same as Terman’s instinctive response when he met Henry Cowell almost a century ago.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing instinctive
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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