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innate

[ih-neyt, in-eyt] / ɪˈneɪt, ˈɪn eɪt /


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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

The most fundamental tool he describes is an innate “number sense,” as displayed by both humans and some animals, including rats, ants, chickens, chimpanzees and guppies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

We have this almost innate sense of: Well, if they indict someone, that person probably did something pretty bad.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

Humor resonates with something individual, possibly innate and probably inexplicable inside each of us; our sense of it is something we can’t control.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Lie allowed his innate optimism to shine through, however, promising Tuve that “it will not be long now before we will have this trouble licked and will be able to go ahead satisfactorily.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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