innate ability

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"I was even nicknamed The Librarian by a few people because I have this innate ability to read people like a book," he explained.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

For all of her work building an empire, Paltrow still has the innate ability to disappear into a character.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Mr. Sowell emphasized this repeatedly: The same innate ability can produce different outcomes depending on the norms that surround it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Bronstein wanted to use Byrne’s innate ability to find comic moments in unlikely places in order to capture the mordantly humorous beats in the script.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

IQ is a measure, to some degree, of innate ability.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell