intuition
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"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
If something seems miraculous—like doubling or tripling other people’s money in a few months—our intuition tells us the person who did it must be a miracle worker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
August is dedicated to the third eye chakra, which centers on intuition, insight and inner wisdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Denning also includes intuition, gut feelings, imagination, and spontaneous creativity among the forms of tacit knowledge that remain beyond the reach of machines.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
She had always been a strange woman in this sense, and had always had a strong intuition of things about to happen.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
"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
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
Dr. Chomsky and other researchers have rejected that idea, pointing out the ambiguity of words and the difficulty of expressing our intuitions out loud.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
It is in the abrupt, unaccountable aggregation of random notions, intuitions, known in science as good ideas, that the high points are made.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing intuition
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