tendency
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They dig into the research on socioeconomic integration, the tendency to conflate race and class, and the problem with asking individual parents to solve what is really a policy problem.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
To be sure, calm markets do have a tendency to turn volatile quickly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Similarly, Mr. Boyne has a fatal tendency to excess zeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Having said that, does the allegation that Leclerc has a "tendency to crash out of races" stand up?
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Despite the spottiness of her memories, one thing she did remember was his tendency toward the obscure.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
"For translocated crocodiles, it's important there is careful release planning to manage their tendencies to return home."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 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
Except her version of fun involves vengeance, sly righteousness and the exposure of humanity’s darker tendencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He refused to accept that Ernest might have participated in Strauss’s campaign against him or engaged in any of the rumormongering about his Communist tendencies that periodically swept the Berkeley campus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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