intuition
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"This DNA match was the confirmation that all our intuition was right."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"But no one knows for sure what will happen or not. You just rely on your intuition and survival instinct," the 34-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
You had an original idea and created a behemoth brand pretty much on your own intuition and steam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Partly it’s an intuition I have about what makes an interesting story,” Watkins says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“He’s very articulate, but he has no intuition about things, so he needs me to define the world for him.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"I think I understand more about why that wasn't done -- obviously gratefully -- but that is an area where my intuitions were just off."
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
She was arguably the least influenced of the three, yet the moral intuitions of writers seem to be that she most betrayed the craft.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
We trust our intuitions when we should rely on rational calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Unfortunately, marketing, preexisting beliefs, and "intuitions" – as reasonable as they may seem – have potential to lead us astray.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024
He himself seldom had that sort of feeling about people—if they were nice to him, he liked them—but his dæmon’s intuitions had proved reliable many times.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing intuition
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 3
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