tendency

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This refers to the tendency for consumers to spend more when their assets — including things like their stock portfolios or homes — grow in value, even if their income levels stay the same.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Thomas’s style of speaking, in fact, resembles poetry, with rapid juxtapositions of images and a tendency to condense memories from different time periods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In his seminal work External link on the impact of automation on jobs, MIT economist David Autor noted the tendency of headlines to overstate the extent of job losses from new technology.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

"There is a tendency for anxious parents to become caught up in a prevailing media panic and see all adolescent brains as simply hardwired for social media addiction," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Galileo had realized that moving objects have a natural tendency to keep on moving, unless they are affected by friction or some other outside force.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin