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Tendency
Tendency meaning
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. | An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
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Example sentences (20)
Joe Biden's biggest problem might not be age-related challenges after all: President Joe Biden has a tendency to embellish – a tendency that the right hopes to use against the incumbent as he seeks reelection.
Instead, there’s a tendency to turn to the least fulfilling tendency of them all: Sitting at our desk, in front of our computer, browsing websites and contributing to neither our happiness nor our productivity.
His new idea of fugacity, or "escaping tendency", was a function with the dimensions of pressure which expressed the tendency of a substance to pass from one chemical phase to another.
Historically, the west of the county has had a tendency towards Catholicism while the east of the county has had a tendency towards non-conformism.
However, in addition to the electrons' intrinsic magnetic moment's tendency to be parallel to an applied field, there is also in these materials a tendency for these magnetic moments to orient parallel to each other to maintain a lowered-energy state.
Superior mirages are in general less common than inferior mirages, but, when they do occur, they tend to be more stable, as cold air has no tendency to move up and warm air has no tendency to move down.
This tendency to fracture is similar, but not identical, to the tendency of glass to shatter when exposed to heat.
Two opposing solubility trends in alcohols are: the tendency of the polar OH to promote solubility in water, and the tendency of the carbon chain to resist it.
African National Congress (ANC) MP Mina Lesoma, however, took a swipe at opposition parties for their tendency to frequently call for ad hoc committees.
An adult applying contemporary community standards would find the material or performance has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest of minors in sex.
And after that the tendency is to go down.
And all people from the tribes have that tendency which is exhibited by adherents of both religions.
And I think sometimes, writers have a tendency to believe that their work has to be perfect before it can be seen by outside eyes.
A new study suggests that this tendency may run deep: Young children think a Roomba or an Alexa can have thoughts and feelings and deserve to be treated like a fellow human.
As a nazi, he made for an appropriate antagonist in the beginning of Battle Tendency.
Aside from its ‘japa’ theme and being like a love letter to your new home, ‘Leave My Bones in Saskatoon’ is also like a subtle commentary on Nigeria’s security challenges and politicians’ tendency to play politics with almost everything.
As is typical with the modern breed of gangster they have a volatile tendency to taunt their rivals in drill rap videos, many of which can be found on YouTube.
A thick coat isn't a problem for the tiny Pug, but its flat face is, while a tendency to pile on the pounds makes them particularly prone to heat stroke.
At the end of the day, as they grow older, the tendency that they may end up taking drugs to get the caffeine effect is high.
But as life goes on, those best friends can end up on another, the other side of the world, and that in person time does have a tendency to decrease.