instinctive
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The instinctive response is elegiac: lament the shuttered campus, mourn the futures it might have made, hope for rescue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Even critics conceded that Banerjee possessed an instinctive feel for the emotional grammar of her electorate.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
“When you’re instinctive, you’re tough and you catch everything, that’s a pretty high floor. Absolute worst case, you’re going to have a steady, dependable, reliable player.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
"It's a primitive sport, almost instinctive for human beings," Yuji Ano, president of the tournament's organising committee, told AFP.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
But he was an instinctive man, and suddenly his brain knew and his own temper boiled.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Vocabulary lists containing instinctive
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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