tendency
Example Sentences
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The study shows that while humans are far from the most monogamous creatures, our tendency to pair up for life is still remarkable compared with many other species.
From BBC
Negativity bias — that practically universal human tendency to give more weight to negative developments — is almost certainly costing you.
From MarketWatch
It looks like the perfect setup for a Santa rally —the tendency for stocks to drift higher from Christmas Eve into early January.
From Barron's
It looks like the perfect setup for a Santa rally —the tendency for stocks to drift higher from Christmas Eve into early January.
From Barron's
But there is a longtime tendency, not just in L.A., to apply a whole series of admittedly desirable public policy objectives onto affordable housing because the government is involved.
From Los Angeles Times
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