prone
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Experiments have shown that when people feel deprived or resentful, they become significantly more prone to gamble.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
"Grok is more prone to jumping into role play," says Nicholls, who worked on that research.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
At the same time, membranes made of more unsaturated phospholipids would have been more prone to fusion, promoting mixing.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
But memory is a notoriously cyclical sector, prone to bouts of overbuilding during the boom time which leads to gluts in a downturn.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
When she was small and prone to nightmares—those terrible screams in the night—Cecilia used to go to her room and wake her.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing prone
The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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Nothing But the Truth
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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