propensity

Example Sentences

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“Also, if there is no clinical data for a substance, and an awareness that the substance has the propensity for harm, that could make it an appropriate placement on the Category 2 list.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The judge would have to infer guilt from the fact that stories contained private information, and, he claimed, Mail journalists had a "propensity" to use unlawful methods.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Still, here’s one that those with a propensity to motion sickness may want to take a pass on.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

“We may have come to a bit of a turning point with less of a propensity for speculators to sell the yen,” he says.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Northeastern Indians were appalled by the European propensity to divide themselves into social classes, with those on the lower rungs of the hierarchy compelled to defer to those on the upper.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann