as in intimate
characterized by what feels naturally right or true without coming from thought or learning
He has an intuitive sense of what others are feeling that makes him a great listener. The designer has an intuitive style that stands out from the crowd but is also practical.
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Recent Examples of intuitive
The source text is about a man who believes himself to be doomed, his fatalism intuitive but otherwise inexplicable.
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
Without boundaries and constraints, complacency can creep in, leading to an overreliance on intuitive but often less innovative ideas.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The room was outfitted with intuitive lighting, temperature, and privacy controls via iPads.
—Jasmine Browley, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2024
Billick says Sanders showed an intuitive understanding of the game and could take a global view of the Ravens defense instead of focusing solely on his assignment.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
Without boundaries and constraints, complacency can creep in, leading to an overreliance on intuitive but often less innovative ideas.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The room was outfitted with intuitive lighting, temperature, and privacy controls via iPads.
—Jasmine Browley, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2024
Billick says Sanders showed an intuitive understanding of the game and could take a global view of the Ravens defense instead of focusing solely on his assignment.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Inside Llewyn Davis, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and A Complete Unknown immerse us in intimate, sometimes subterranean performance spaces.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
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For an experience slightly more intimate yet equally as grand (and with easier parking), check out the The Jefferson Performing Arts Center.Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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In addition to challenging coursework, colleges value intellectual vitality—an intrinsic passion for learning that manifests through independent projects, academic competitions, and research.Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Crypto skeptics say that, unlike most other commodities, bitcoin has no intrinsic use and is not crucial to the functioning of the U.S. economy.Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Lisa Pauline Mattackal, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Some scientists have argued that such potential challenges to the cosmological principle might be explained by another principle, cosmic variance, which refers to the statistical uncertainty inherent in astronomers’ measurements of the universe.Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2025
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Navigating the Labor Shortage In Manufacturing Promoting US manufacturing is appealing, but there's an inherent conflict with the current limited labor supply.Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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There does seem to be something instinctive between these two relative strangers sitting in a photo studio on a dank, autumn afternoon deep in west London.Olivia Marks, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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The other two have come from Eze, whose second of the season was an instinctive, excellent finish to win Sunday’s game against Southampton 2-1 at Selhurst Park.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Intuitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuitive. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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