instinctual
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But consistent with his claim that he has always “had an intuitive and uncanny ability to help others with interpersonal problems,” the approach of “The 25th Hour” is more instinctual than evidence-based.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Even those with lives, careers and families are fundamentally lost, snared between their pursuit of personal justice and instinctual self-preservation.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
That’s when something tightened, a brief, instinctual clam-closing and then loosening again just as fast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
“Yermak was more a sort of instinctual negotiator…Budanov has his instincts, but I think he’s going to be much more punctilious about the preparations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
But he also knew that he was seeing something instinctual and primal taking hold of his penned dogs.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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