innate ability
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Known for an unfailing ear for innovative music and an innate ability to navigate the shifting currents of popular music, Davis ruled Columbia, Arista and J Records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
"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
“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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