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propensity

[pruh-pen-si-tee] / prəˈpɛn sɪ ti /


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They devoted most of their appeal to arguing that the court should take up the case because judges are divided on when propensity evidence should be excluded.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

As a result of his propensity for drawing walks, Murakami has an on-base percentage of .375, the highest on the White Sox.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

She asked Musk for a "clean slate" going forward, and that he "Try to control your propensity to use social media to make things worse outside this courtroom."

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Grant has been a well-established critic of the Fed’s propensity to tolerate inflation for some time and in particular he condemns the purchasing power that has been lost since 2020, because of the Fed’s policies.

From MarketWatch Apr. 14, 2026

Northeastern Indians were appalled by the European propensity to divide themselves into social classes, with those on the lower rungs of the hierarchy compelled to defer to those on the upper.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

I’m still the same person with the same propensities.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

The authors say that the study cannot disentangle the mechanisms driving the difference in the propensities to attend to social information.

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2024

“Both the department and Police Protective League, after a period of time, get to know the hearing examiners, get to know their propensities, get to know the areas that they may be more sensitive to.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2023

They also looked at phylogenetic diversity, a measure that reflects the evolutionary differences between species and can capture traits including behaviors like bird songs, migratory propensities and foraging and eating styles.

From New York Times Jul. 21, 2022

How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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