innate

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There, in the confines of its pages, Nora recognizes that her father has a much more innate and perceptive knowledge of her that neither of them ever could’ve imagined.

From Salon

Once inside the body, the yeast can cause opportunistic illness: for instance, it strikes those recovering from organ transplants, chemotherapy or other medical treatments that wipe out the body’s innate immune defenses.

From Scientific American

But another grand theme slowly emerges in these conversations: the tension between the superficial civilization of humankind and our innate barbarism.

From Washington Post

This discreet meeting, occurring on the sidelines of a climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021, revealed the limitations of Blinken’s influence over the Ukrainian leader and Zelensky’s innate skepticism of U.S. intelligence.

From Washington Post

But she also possesses an innate ability to take an old standard and make it seem like the lyrics were torn from her diary.

From BBC