tendency
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Notwithstanding Bill Plaschke’s tendency for hyperbole, his article on Caitlin Clark was a three-point swish from half-court.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026
Technical issues with his second serve, and a tendency to play passively against the very best, also let him down.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“And in the absence of a definite statement from Iran there is a tendency to downplay comments from the U.S. administration.”
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Such allusions leave “Backrooms” open to charges of being derivative; Mr. Parsons is of a generation that has a tendency to gobble up content and issue reworked versions of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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