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instinct

Definition for instinct

noun as in gut feeling, idea

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Indeed, Dalia has trouble with her Italian, and when she offers to help him find truffles, he insists his granddaughter doesn’t have the instincts or the calloused hands necessary for the job.

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For all his brilliance, Oedipus was unable to outrun his fate, which in Icke’s version has less to do with the gods and more to do with animal instincts and social forces.

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He can’t calibrate his political instincts to the fury that drives the socialist left.

True to his survivor instincts, Enrile switched sides again and helped the Marcos family in their remarkable political comeback after they returned to the Philippines from exile.

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Logan trusts Walk-Green, putting him in the middle of the field on defense so he can observe and use his instincts to intervene, just like he does as a center fielder for the baseball team.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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