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tendency

[ten-duhn-see] / ˈtɛn dən si /




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The Jets are 1-5 in one-score games, so even if they can hang in there, their tendency is to watch the wheels come off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

With regard to correlation increasing, Hunter is referring to the tendency of investors, when the market really sells off, to sell everything, so all stocks and sectors move in sync.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

He targets the antipsychiatry movement for fostering dangerous misunderstandings about psychotic disorders and argues against “the tendency to treat mental illness as an exciting adventure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Chelsea's tendency to score first or take early leads has also meant more defensive options have often been chosen from the bench.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The centaur had a tendency to go completely hyper over trivialities.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

So far this season, these Chargers are showing similar tendencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

For that reason, the equations are designed to identify tendencies rather than predict an unavoidable future.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 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

The prayers were to the point, directing the attention of the Almighty to certain weaknesses and undivine tendencies I know to be mine and could only suppose were shared by others gathered there.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck


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