receptivity

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What made Haynes different from many of his contemporaries, however, was his constant musical receptivity and adaptability.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Measuring the receptivity of stigmas, a necessary element for pollination, overlapped with the highest number of beetles found visiting the flowers.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Just that prevailing economic conditions and something in Uruguay’s character had afforded the transition more receptivity than anyone predicted.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

If children’s wisdom and receptivity to images are present, this idealized picture has great appeal.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Still another alternative view holds that it is a matter not of individual inventiveness but of the receptivity of whole societies to innovation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond