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innate ability

NOUN
God-given talent
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"I have an innate ability to take good material and make it better, and to take bad material and make it fair."

From BBC May 30, 2026

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

“Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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