propensity

This propensity for attention-grabbing was certainly in full effect at Bill Pay’s official premiere.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mr. Vance’s propensity to caricature arguments with which he disagrees puts me in mind of Barack Obama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

“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

“He didn’t seem like a violent guy whatsoever. There were no dangerous propensities that would stick out. That’s why I was pretty shocked to see it was him doing that. Definitely completely out of character.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë