propensity

While Americans would not spend all of the $5,000, a reasonable assumption is they would spend over 60%, or what economists call the marginal propensity to consume.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Galperin is similarly skeptical of any potential features that could meaningfully curb stalking: “It is not salvageable technology because of just the sheer scale of propensity to abuse.”

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

They devoted most of their appeal to arguing that the court should take up the case because judges are divided on when propensity evidence should be excluded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Japan’s fans are showing a high propensity for travel, so Sagan increased flights between their group-stage outings in Dallas and Monterrey, Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“He has a violent temper. My mother had a propensity to spoil him. My father was the only one who didn’t spoil him.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

The upshot is that equity wealth is increasingly available to fund spending among households with higher marginal propensities to consume.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

I’m still the same person with the same propensities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

The authors say that the study cannot disentangle the mechanisms driving the difference in the propensities to attend to social information.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

“Both the department and Police Protective League, after a period of time, get to know the hearing examiners, get to know their propensities, get to know the areas that they may be more sensitive to.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë