tendencies

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His secret was spending the previous week, including the flight to the game, studying the shooters’ tendencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

If England have a squad primed to exploit the natural tendencies of better sides, then the latter rounds of this World Cup should produce more impressive knockout performances than during the Southgate era.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Our harmonic tendencies were nowhere near as complex, but they were rapidly becoming more sophisticated thanks to our exposure to such great improvisers as Miles!

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Literature cannot topple an authoritarian regime on its own, but it can encourage people to reflect on authoritarian tendencies and what that can mean for their own lives.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Why is the fact that each of us comes from a culture with its own distinctive mix of strengths and weaknesses, tendencies and predispositions, so difficult to acknowledge?

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell