: useful information concerning a subject of interest (such as an enemy) : intelligence
Fresh and accurate intel would result in successful operations.—
Darryl Young
Darryl YoungThe airlines crave intel on your food allergies, your tolerance for G-forces and your propensity for air rage.—McKenzie Funk
—often used before another nounMcKenzie Funkintel data
an intel briefing
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Vrabel wouldn’t give any intel on whether White’s absence could be long-term.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Gunn appeared on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM to promote Peacemaker season 2 and dropped some intel that suggests a Superman (David Corenswet) and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) team-up of some sort.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Gather some intel on New York here.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Somebody must have fed Eisen some bad pregame intel.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Gunn appeared on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM to promote Peacemaker season 2 and dropped some intel that suggests a Superman (David Corenswet) and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) team-up of some sort.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Gather some intel on New York here.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Somebody must have fed Eisen some bad pregame intel.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Intel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intel. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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