tend

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Other indirect costs, related to the cost of fuel and packaging, tend to hit later.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

But they tend to turn the corner decisively by the 24-month mark, outperforming comparable, traditional mergers by nearly 18 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

You don’t give your respective ages, but women tend to live five years longer on average than men; a macabre data point worth considering.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

With Maguire, critics tend to focus on the aspects of his game he is not so good at.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Languages are invented by the people who speak them, who tend to care more about what is easy and what makes sense than about following rules.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones