tic
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And while I’d like to blame it as a tic of foreign sports, we have plenty of replay ridiculousness in our house, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Actors in the production lip-sync the actual audio, reproducing every hesitation, interruption and verbal tic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026
This so-called tic could seep into wider model training if rewarded in one instance and reinforced elsewhere.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Not because of anything dramatic, not because of some special flaw within you, but because you are guilty of the most common tic in how humans navigate existence—turning others into objects.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
It’s that their hedging is a choice, not a tic.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing tic
Psychological Conditions and Disorders
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Psychology
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