habit

Example Sentences

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His central observation is that Berlin must break its habit of responding to serial crises by doling out subsidies and amping up regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Gas prices have a habit of making strange bedfellows of geopolitical and financial melees.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

New research from The University of Texas at El Paso suggests that habit may come with an unexpected downside.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Clarke is a creature of habit and it's difficult to see any of these guys getting in the shake-up now.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Out of habit I reached in my pocket and froze.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce