predisposition

“They know that their body has a predisposition to go back to their highest weight,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The World Weather Attribution study said climate change was a "destabilising factor acting on a pre-existing geological predisposition", but it was not the only cause of the disaster.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Researchers are also interested in whether improving sleep could eventually help prevent or slow disease progression among people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

But a genetic predisposition and family history aren’t the only causes of a dissection.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

My general predisposition to spending a lot of time inside reading gave me a distinct advantage over the average Culver Creek student.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Bonta said the failure resulted in a 2023 data breach which exposed genetic predispositions and risk factors of nearly seven million users, plus information about biological relatives, ancestry, and ethnicity.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

In the 1990s, teams of scientists — supported at least in part by NIH funding — tracked down the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes responsible for inherited predispositions to breast and other cancers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025

That is where we dig deeper and the explanations for the differences in self-reported happiness may be mental health, personality traits, genetic predispositions, etc.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025

Led by Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D., the study analyzed DNA from over 100,000 participants from diverse backgrounds, providing important insights into certain genetic predispositions to support personalized and proactive medical guidance.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

Zimbardo’s conclusion was that there are specific situations so powerful that they can overwhelm our inherent predispositions.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell