propensity

Example Sentences

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But one person had a propensity to announce to everyone at the beginning of the call that she had a “hard stop” at 2 p.m., so we had to wrap up by that time.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

“When you look at the baby boomer demographic, it is about to enter the 80s. When you are 80 and above, your propensity to require these services goes up dramatically,” he said.

From MarketWatch

“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

“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