prone
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It’s not just Wall Street, either: a working paper last year, studying a large online auction platform in the Netherlands, came away with an estimate that 21% of bidders are prone to round-number bias.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Current quantum machines are prone to start making mistakes in the event of the slightest interference such as small vibrations or a tiny change in temperature.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Vessels turned off lights and traveled without Automatic Identification Systems on, making them harder to spot electronically and less prone to Iranian attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
“Nevermore!” the bird was prone to cry, at frequent, rhyming intervals.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing prone
The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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