as in instinct
an innate sense of what is true or what will happen
Although the child looked fine, the parents' intuition told them something was wrong.
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In this sense, the micro-drama pushes to extremes a process that began in the age of streaming, in which scale, data, and iteration replace taste and intuition as the engines of cultural production.
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
The weird thing—and likely completely counter to your intuition—is that a PBH with that mass hitting Earth wouldn’t be anywhere near that devastating.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
Comprising irregular, curling and warped forms, the bed is crafted from stainless steel, powder coated in pink and black shades, with its design reportedly informed by female eroticism and intuition.
—Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Not unlike a parent’s intuition that something is off, this clinical time teaches how to recognize those changes.
—Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
The weird thing—and likely completely counter to your intuition—is that a PBH with that mass hitting Earth wouldn’t be anywhere near that devastating.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
Comprising irregular, curling and warped forms, the bed is crafted from stainless steel, powder coated in pink and black shades, with its design reportedly informed by female eroticism and intuition.
—Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Not unlike a parent’s intuition that something is off, this clinical time teaches how to recognize those changes.
—Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuition
instinct
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With a sturdy frame and enough athleticism to make throws both on and off platform, Moore also has natural instincts as a pocket passer and delivers a generally accurate ball.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kurt's key takeaways Candace trusted her instincts and flagged this email right away.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Intuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuition. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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