disposition

A cheery disposition didn’t keep Friedman from seeing that a “tyranny of the status quo”—the title of one of the books he wrote with his wife, Rose—often blocked the adoption of good policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The bird was also known for its disposition, especially toward men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

A comparison is either an argument for Bloom’s potential or a warning about its price, depending on your disposition.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Among them is the disposition effect, a behavioral investing phenomenon that causes people to sell their winners too early and hold onto losers for too long.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

But an epileptic seizure is only a symptom; the cause can be anything from a tumor, to an inherited genetic disposition to seizures, to a blow to the head.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

After adjusting for closed acquisitions and dispositions, production fell by 98,000 barrels or 4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

This was based on a series of dispositions - or land transfer deeds – showing the property had been transferred to them by the surviving trustees.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

The agency finally approved the company’s marketing of tests to determine genetic dispositions to 10 health conditions, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and certain blood clotting disorders, in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

The typical theoretical focus when it comes to conspiracy beliefs tends to be toward attitudes or dispositions.

From Salon ● May 5, 2024

He liked them in all their shapes and dispositions simply because they were people and not machines.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer