propensity
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“Also, if there is no clinical data for a substance, and an awareness that the substance has the propensity for harm, that could make it an appropriate placement on the Category 2 list.”
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The judge would have to infer guilt from the fact that stories contained private information, and, he claimed, Mail journalists had a "propensity" to use unlawful methods.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Still, here’s one that those with a propensity to motion sickness may want to take a pass on.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
“We may have come to a bit of a turning point with less of a propensity for speculators to sell the yen,” he says.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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
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