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gravitate

[grav-i-tayt] / ˈgræv ɪˌteɪt /


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It strikes me that the people who gravitate toward these bots not only feel lonely but also are actively excluded from circles of support.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Taking a nonjudgmental “everyone is welcome” stance while maintaining Orthodox observance and palpably expressed faith in God, Chabad attracts many Jews who gravitate to its aura of authenticity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“If every movie is so amazing, five stars on Letterboxd every time, those people you’re not going to want to gravitate towards,” Hillard added.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

If Apple maintains the price of the 17 and 17 Air next week, “sales would gravitate toward those two models” and create pressure on the 18 lineup, Lee said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

“I can’t be sure. They gravitate toward type.”

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Even now as an adult, Tashjian said it's still difficult for her to fathom large numbers of people dying in any event, and she still gravitates toward individual anecdotes to help her understand 9/11's toll.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

He’s self-aware enough to know that he gravitates toward jokes that have a touch of “melancholy and embarrassment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

When volatility rises, capital gravitates toward systems that can contain it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

They are the kinds of stocks Warren Buffett External link gravitates toward.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

Winston, at normal times the kind of person who gravitates to the outer edge of any kind of scrimmage, shoved, butted, squirmed his way forward into the heart of the crowd.

From "1984" by George Orwell

He also emphasized that Target had “much more work to do” to win back consumers, who have gravitated to rivals that have been able to offer deeper discounts.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Since the release of the New York-based outfit’s self-titled debut album in 2017, critics have gravitated to his work, and you might see his group’s records showing up on year-end lists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

I had gravitated to the color like a moth to light, seeking the dopamine hit of its glow, as if by osmosis I could absorb and become it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

“In this moment, we let them down. But I think altogether people gravitated toward the team because we were relatable—we represented exactly what the U.S. was today.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Things gravitated toward one another, sometimes successfully, sometimes not.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Lately, Skarsgård seems to be doing the same, gravitating toward roles that, at their core, interrogate the impact his looks have on other people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“People are gravitating to people that they trust,” Hillard said.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Shell pointed out that Treasurys have recently outperformed swaps, a sign that investors are gravitating back toward the longer end of the curve.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, masked flower bearers started to appear, gravitating towards the scene of the incident and laying vibrant bouquets at the base of what has now been dubbed the Justice Tree.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Without electrical forces, there would no longer be things in the universe—merely diffuse clouds of electrons, protons and neutrons, and gravitating spheres of elementary particles, the featureless remnants of worlds.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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