instinct
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Rowbottom’s husband, the novelist Jon Lindsey, pointed to her instinct for subjects that literary fiction has historically dismissed — either as unserious, feminine or culturally overexposed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The aim, from the start, was not to spotlight people but to illuminate architecture—an inversion of the usual transit instinct to flood everything with harsh brightness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Your instinct to diversify is a good one, but I want to make sure you’re doing a couple of other things first.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
But the instinct underlying the Fourth Amendment remains surprisingly stable across centuries.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Dr. Van Helsing is sleeping, Poor dear, he looks very tired and old and grey, but his mouth is set as firmly as a conqueror’s; even in his sleep he is instinct with resolution.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing instinct
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