tendency
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However, in contemporary Austria, demands for remembrance are increasingly clashing with "the opposite tendency, namely to say: 'Now this really has to stop'," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
He competed in 413 duels in 2024-25, ranking him third of all Premier League players aged under 23, but only won 157 of them - suggesting he has the tendency to chase lost causes.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
This allowed them to estimate each participant's overall genetic tendency toward higher or lower LDL cholesterol.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
But she also defied the industry tendency to pigeonhole performers based on the breakout success of characters like Claire Bennet.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
She is working on a thought about her bossy older sister: Carla has a tendency to lace all her compliments with calls to self-improvement.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
"Every species has different habitat requirements, has its own particular behavioral tendencies and faces unique threats. Effective conservation requires that we understand the particular challenges that each species faces."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
But for Kusama, art wasn’t a path chosen for fame and fortune; art was a sublimation and a salve for her compulsive tendencies and psychotic episodes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Another reason she might be withholding guidance is that she possesses some narcissistic tendencies, Smith says.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
"For me, I know that my avoidant tendencies are toxic and it would be unfair for me to date someone right now," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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