instinct
Example Sentences
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For all that, he had good taste, or at least an instinct for what would last.
The dramatic change since then has been a reward for hard work with her coaches and a sports psychologist, which has given her a zen-like peace while losing none of her fierce competitive instincts.
From Barron's
But he has good instincts and he knew that something was going to go down.
From Los Angeles Times
He demonstrates good instincts whenever he speaks—with surprising frankness—about the need to reform Britain’s National Health Service.
In rising markets, those instincts are rarely challenged.
From MarketWatch
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