innate
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She earns her nickname because of an innate “loftiness” that makes her “stately and stern but present.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
There is nothing innate to human psychology or inherent in modern economies that indicates recessions are part of an inevitable business cycle, he writes in his new book, Recession.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Instead of being concerned with product placement, they had an innate understanding of what their office symbolizes and demands.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
He describes an “unspoken, innate, really deep, almost inaccessible thing” between himself and his uncle.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
They were originally concocted by Chandresh on a whim, brought about by a combination of chronic insomnia and keeping theatrical hours, along with an innate dislike of proper dinner-party etiquette.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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