propensity

While Americans would not spend all of the $5,000, a reasonable assumption is they would spend over 60%, or what economists call the marginal propensity to consume.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Galperin is similarly skeptical of any potential features that could meaningfully curb stalking: “It is not salvageable technology because of just the sheer scale of propensity to abuse.”

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

"It plays into features of the current dating culture, where we see this propensity towards disposability and a lack of exclusivity," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

“Carroll’s trial rested fundamentally on improper propensity evidence that courts ordinarily disavow,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in a legal brief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

But Charles could claim her neatness and propensity for order.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

The upshot is that equity wealth is increasingly available to fund spending among households with higher marginal propensities to consume.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan