tendency
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"If we were to say how exhausting and mind-numbing it can be, then mothers might quit and then society would collapse. So, there is this tendency to walk on eggshells around these issues."
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026
More generally, female dispersal and the tendency for males to remain in their natal group also constitute a predominant pattern among the great apes.
From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026
Retail investors’ increasingly active approach to trading the markets could create more of a buffer for equity prices, Rubner said, given their tendency to swoop in and buy on weakness.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
We’ve all experienced the tendency of AI chatbots to tell us what we want to hear, but there are two other, more nuanced factors that help chatbots worm their way into human hearts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
Since we live in a society constructed around competition, we have a tendency to take competitive behaviour for granted as a universal aspect of social life.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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