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instinctual

[in-stingk-choo-uhl]

adjective

  1. coming from, involving, or relating to instinct; instinctive.



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Because we were both attuned to sound beyond its conventional, auditory dimension, we could meet in a shared space that was quite instinctual.

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Her references are instinctual: the curve of a staircase, the glossy page of a magazine, memories of watching her mother getting ready for a night out with girlfriends.

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The broadcast drama series, which also airs on Hulu, centers special agent Trent: a dapper investigator whose instinctual crime-solving skills render him essential to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

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As Msrlyan grew up and the buildings and objects he’d once loved began to disappear, he said he felt an almost instinctual urge to try to preserve what was, if only for himself.

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“That’s an instinctual play,” Roberts said, praising Kim for reading catcher Drake Baldwin’s soft throw to first on a dropped third-strike that nearly changed the game.

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