disposition

Once that disposition exists, it is only a tiny step to corrupt action.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Despite the daily cellphone alerts that warn residents to remain indoors until danger passes, people interviewed emphasized a show-must-go-on disposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

A cheery disposition didn’t keep Friedman from seeing that a “tyranny of the status quo”—the title of one of the books he wrote with his wife, Rose—often blocked the adoption of good policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A comparison is either an argument for Bloom’s potential or a warning about its price, depending on your disposition.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

He was eleven years old, with an inquisitive, kindly disposition, a stocky build, and ginger hair.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

“Scarborn” was, in fact, directed by the Polish Pawel Maślona and written by Michał A. Zieliński and finds structural soundness in having two heroes of such different, complementing dispositions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

This was based on a series of dispositions - or land transfer deeds – showing the property had been transferred to them by the surviving trustees.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

The agency finally approved the company’s marketing of tests to determine genetic dispositions to 10 health conditions, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and certain blood clotting disorders, in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

The typical theoretical focus when it comes to conspiracy beliefs tends to be toward attitudes or dispositions.

From Salon ● May 5, 2024

“Now I’ve made my dispositions according to custom, and if any man or woman seeks to disagree, they may do so freely.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman