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propensity

[pruh-pen-si-tee] / prəˈpɛn sɪ ti /


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Retail trading activity set records in May and June — and the propensity of that cohort to buy the dip has looked pretty smart.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

Higher yields could also put more pressure on the housing market, dampening consumers’ propensity to spend, Berezin said.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

Sabastian Sawe has always had a propensity to surprise.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

The dark circles under my eyes spoke to the rooster’s propensity for early morning announcements.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

“Both the department and Police Protective League, after a period of time, get to know the hearing examiners, get to know their propensities, get to know the areas that they may be more sensitive to.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2023

They also looked at phylogenetic diversity, a measure that reflects the evolutionary differences between species and can capture traits including behaviors like bird songs, migratory propensities and foraging and eating styles.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2022

In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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