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  • Jem was not one to dwell on past defeats: it seemed the only message he got from Atticus was insight into the art of cross examination.  (source)
    insight = understanding
  • But problems that require a flash of insight operate by different rules.  (source)
    insight = a clear understanding of some aspect of a complex situation
  • MARY WARREN, like one awakened to a marvelous secret insight: So many time, Mr. Proctor, she come to this very door, beggin' bread and a cup of cider—and mark this: whenever I turned her away empty, she mumbled.  (source)
    insight = clear understanding
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  • You have a lot of insight for a Morlock.†  (source)
  • With limited instruction, he had perfected the art of withholding his insights, forgoing his witticisms, curbing the use of metaphors, similes, and analogies—in essence, exercising every muscle of poetic restraint.†  (source)
    insights = clear understandings of aspects of complex situations
  • Very insightful, Valentine.†  (source)
  • But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel ....it's ridiculous.†  (source)
  • On one of the first days I spent at home after quitting my job, I was sitting there feeling blue about my inability to connect with Cassie, when I remembered that my brother and his wife had once given her a "teen" Bible—a New Testament with a sort of study guide giving young readers insights into dealing with their parents.†  (source)
  • Then she began a long lecture about the big bang theory, remembering to splice in insightful critiques of the theory's extremely reactionary nature.†  (source)
  • Some insight into the tragedy of Chris McCandless can be gained by studying predecessors cut from the same exotic cloth.†  (source)
  • I pretended that I lived off the land and had insights.†  (source)
  • And little Savannah, she's so insightful.†  (source)
  • It was a lesser job, night-crew nurturing, assigned to those who lacked the interest or skills or insight for the more vital jobs of the daytime hours.†  (source)
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