tendencies
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Another concern McClellan noted last week was that the market was going against the market’s seasonal tendencies during the second year of a presidential term.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
Leaders of the four countries he visited have all been criticised -- in varying degrees -- for authoritarian tendencies.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
These conflicting tendencies force the system into an unstable state.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
“Corporations are beset by the same harmful tendencies as investors. When they are at their peak, they reach for the sun,” wrote Victor Niederhoffer in his book “Practical Speculation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
I think he said something about paranoid tendencies if I’m not mistaken.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
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