tendency

Similarly, Mr. Boyne has a fatal tendency to excess zeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, variants associated with openness to experience and extraversion were connected with a greater tendency to be a night owl.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Next week, the stock market will enter a nine-day period in which it will have two seasonal strikes against it — September’s negative tendency in general and the period after Rosh Hashanah.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Can Liverpool cure that tendency to be exposed?

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Rather it seems that an aspect of human nature is the tendency to cling tightly to one’s advantages and privileges and to rationalize the suffering and exclusion of others.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

For that reason, the equations are designed to identify tendencies rather than predict an unavoidable future.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

But he also sees the breakdown as creating some opportunities, as it leads to “a more defensive rotation” into sectors showing some technically bullish tendencies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

The 29-year-old’s natural tendencies are a great match for grass, though she exited in the first round here in each of the last four years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

In the first stage of the disease, some people also experience short-term memory problems, depression, aggressive tendencies, and executive function issues, according to the CTE Society, a non-profit group.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

I thought he was reassuring her, because that’s what selfless people do, but now I wonder if he was repeating something he had studied; if all his Abnegation tendencies were just Erudite traits in disguise.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth