tendency
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“But for the degree of broadening that would warrant an upgrade, the market would have to defy the four-year cycle tendency for weakness from April to October.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
There’s a tendency to put mothers on a pedestal and we judge them harshly over every decision they make.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
"We have a tendency to look at things in isolation," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
“Preston was quite a showman. And he had a tendency to overpromise what he could deliver, particularly with the obstacles he was faced with,” Lieberman says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The mercury has no natural tendency to stand up in a column, so there is no final cause at work here.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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