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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

Higher yields could also put more pressure on the housing market, dampening consumers’ propensity to spend, Berezin said.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 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

Leaving pump prices aside, the propensity to spend refunds rather than to save them or to pay down past borrowing is also affected by how recipients feel financially.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

During most of its life, a star is in an uneasy equilibrium: the propensity to collapse under its own gravity is balanced by the energy that comes from the fusing hydrogen in its center.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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