as in instinct
an innate sense of what is true or what will happen
Although the child looked fine, the parents' intuition told them something was wrong.
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Recent Examples of intuition
LLMs have something like intuition about what might help, because they’re trained on lots of human code.
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
Cancer rules our emotions, protection, and intuition.
—Danijela Pilic, Glamour, 24 June 2025
However, more signs and signals may confirm your intuition during the Mercury retrograde cazimi the next day.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 June 2025
For leaders, that means prioritizing creativity, intuition, and human connection over rote technical skills.
—Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
Cancer rules our emotions, protection, and intuition.
—Danijela Pilic, Glamour, 24 June 2025
However, more signs and signals may confirm your intuition during the Mercury retrograde cazimi the next day.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 June 2025
For leaders, that means prioritizing creativity, intuition, and human connection over rote technical skills.
—Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuition
instinct
Noun
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Thirty years in state government sharpened her instincts.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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Let your instincts do the legwork as the moon meets Uranus.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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“Intuition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuition. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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