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The phrase "a matter of instinct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or decision that is based on intuition or an innate understanding rather than on conscious reasoning.
Example: "Choosing to help the lost child was a matter of instinct for her; she couldn't ignore the urge to assist."
Alternatives: "a question of intuition" or "a matter of gut feeling".
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"It is a matter of instinct and conscience.
It's a matter of instinct, front-row stalwarts will tell you, and of personal taste.
"It was a matter of instinct – there were some close calls," he said with a chuckle.
Publishers kept no data on customers, making their bets on books a matter of instinct rather than metrics.
Her Toryism is a matter of instinct: she does not try to justify it in terms of history or philosophy.
What made you decide to write about it now, so many years later? A. It was largely a matter of instinct.
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Knowing what is the right move to make is often just a matter of gut instinct".
He isn't an unwilling passer – just a player more willing to manufacture his own shot as a matter of basketball instinct.
Juggling disparate narrative modes, knowing what to keep and what to leave out, is a matter of both instinct and judgment — in other words, it's an art.
His work is championed by the conductor Simon Rattle, and his track record in opera has established him among the few composers today who truly know how to turn music into theater: a matter of gut instinct as well as technique.
He said the decision to launch the campaign had been a matter of "gut instinct".
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