tendency
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Technical issues with his second serve, and a tendency to play passively against the very best, also let him down.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The suit alleges that OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as reliable despite its tendency to sometimes generate dangerous misinformation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
And students, teachers, universities and cultural institutions can resist the tendency to self-censor and conform.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Fleming reads unconventional in every way, from his manic and meta delivery to his glam-rock crushed-velvet bodysuit to a rubbery tendency to leap around the stage, no limb left behind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
“There is,” he wrote, “a family tendency to get tired of doing the same thing very long.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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