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propensity

[pruh-pen-si-tee] / prəˈpɛn sɪ ti /


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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

“Carroll’s trial rested fundamentally on improper propensity evidence that courts ordinarily disavow,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in a legal brief.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Sabastian Sawe has always had a propensity to surprise.

From BBC Apr. 27, 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

Limbs, torsos, brains, eyes, faces—even temperaments or propensities that were inherited—had to be created anew each time an embryo unfurled into a human fetus.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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