proclivity
Example Sentences
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Growing up in Brighton Beach, Sedaka exhibited a musical proclivity at an early age, earning a piano scholarship to Juilliard’s children’s division when he was 8 years old.
From Los Angeles Times
But he doesn’t make the case, either, for what else we might be — equally skeptical of what he sees as our proclivity to believe in magic.
From Los Angeles Times
In addition to creating art and DJing, Arens is also a musician, and his eclectic music projects reflect his nostalgic proclivities.
From Los Angeles Times
He approves of credit, too, despite the human proclivity to alternately gorge and fast on loans and bonds and mortgages.
The most notable stock-market research over the weekend comes from academia, where researchers studied those rascals in Congress and their proclivity to trade.
From MarketWatch
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