tendencies

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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

I set up this new session by harnessing the same sycophantic, people-pleasing tendencies that can make AI hallucinate in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Another concern McClellan noted last week was that the market was going against the market’s seasonal tendencies during the second year of a presidential term.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Leaders of the four countries he visited have all been criticised -- in varying degrees -- for authoritarian tendencies.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

She and I make a bad combination, because I’m a Rabbit, born in 1951, supposedly sensitive, with tendencies toward being thin-skinned and skittery at the first sign of criticism.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan