Characteristic of an entity that makes a given outcome or event more likely than it would otherwise be.
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Examples for "leaning"
Examples for "leaning"
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The current left-leaning government may struggle to encourage investment and implement reforms.
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And there's no right side or wrong side leaning on this issue.
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The conservative-leaning court in recent years has rolled back campaign finance restrictions.
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Among left-leaning voters, support for his return is at 60 per cent.
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Sutton, however, appears to be in good shape in her Democratic-leaning district.
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To Advertiser: Am 26; late captain of Engineers; University graduate adventurous disposition.
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Not it; too much colouring matter; direct result of a sanguine disposition.
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You Scots are hard in the head, but soft in the disposition.
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The two girls were totally unlike both in looks and in disposition.
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The disposition of these trees was picturesque and beautiful in the extreme.
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Overall, western governments have shown little inclination to follow the money, however.
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Prudence seemed in favour of acceptance; natural inclination was opposed to it.
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In addition; there's a slight inclination to speak directly from the heart.
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In other words, we seem to have a natural inclination to learn.
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So far it had displayed no inclination to narrow, or change direction.
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Nothing in these terms shall affect our liability as imposed by law.
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Bruchou said Chevron should acknowledge the potential liability in company financial reports.
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The case is continuing today to establish the extent of the liability.
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That's a great source of energy; it can also be a liability.
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Here are some upcoming events of interest to the products liability community.
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That said; there's a propensity to underestimate a temporary or minor problem.
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That said; there's a propensity to not give certain developments enough thought.
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This allows for the propensity to generate a greater number of leads.
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The greater uncertainty about job prospects is reducing tenants' propensity to move.
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A greedy algorithm approach was used to conduct the propensity score match.
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Future dealmakers underestimate that penchant for market meddling at their own risk.
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This penchant, however laudable aesthetically, does not usually lead to distribution deals.
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Smith's almost old-fashioned penchant for dribbling past defenders consistently caused Wolves problems.
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Mickelson's penchant for risk-taking has long established him as a great entertainer.
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However, thanks to Apple's penchant for visual flair, it looks totally unique.
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Diabetic nephropathy is a common, complex disease with a clear genetic predisposition.
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ACLR is a complex disease with multiple risk factors including genetic predisposition.
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That predisposition led me not to question things I should have questioned.
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Genetic predisposition would appear to be a very important modifier of risk.
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However, some of these patients can transmit retinoblastoma predisposition to their offspring.
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Directors will, inevitably, prosecute that mandate according to individual predilection and interpretation.
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Sites of predilection include the lower limbs followed by the upper limbs.
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After all the question has resolved itself into one of personal predilection.
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Lymphomas showed an unusual predilection for involvement of the central nervous system.
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The most common predilection sites are the renal parenchyma and the retroperitoneum.
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The name Anti-Federalist lost its aptness after the inauguration of the Government.
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And yet she seems to have a kind of quickness and aptness.
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Competence and aptness, or folly and heedlessness, make a world of difference.
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The aptness of the story was the success of the evening.
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The pub, with almost mythopoeic aptness, is named Half Way House.
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The actor's proclivity for violence is not comprised solely of idle threats.
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That troublesome proclivity of wooing chance was uppermost again in Windham's mind.
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It seems that nothing is safe from our proclivity for division and conflict.
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Is there no proclivity to which the hospitality sector cannot cater?
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It is the animal proclivity to look after one's own comfort.
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Meta's patient sorrow was the best remedy for proneness to such musings.
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These they hold, through their proneness to degenerate, to be all evil.
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The associations between the SSS and alcohol use and deviance proneness were examined.
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Those natures that are sanguinary towards beasts discover a natural proneness to cruelty.
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What is done once and again, soon gives facility and proneness.
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In this mini-review, the role of heat shock proteins in susceptability to induction of atrial fibrillation (AF) or in the process of AF is discussed.
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Some studies show a correlation between high Hsp70 (HspA1A) expression in cardiac tissue and a reduced susceptability to induction of postoperative AF.
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Light-touch regulation and lack of enforcement certainly was a major contributing factor.
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The sheriff said alcohol was a potential contributing factor in the incident.
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A major contributing factor to this is the recent interest rate cut.
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The document says 59 of those mentioned alcohol as a contributing factor.
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She said a major contributing factor was a lack of PICU beds.
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But political conditions have a tendency of changing unannounced-andcontrary to reason.
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This tendency to elevate profit above principle is not new in Ireland.
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This is unfortunately a natural tendency and needs to be actively fought.
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That said; there's a slight tendency to go against the general trend.
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However, a greater squamous histological tendency was found in the older group.
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Measures of central tendency and frequency distributions were used for univariate analysis.
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A tendency to be in control could result in some unnecessary power-struggles.
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In the North, of course, the tendency was in the other direction.
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The first has a natural tendency to give pleasure; the second, pain.
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In the last few years, I believe we have changed the tendency.
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On the website, however, the gourmet tendency was nowhere to be seen.
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A similar tendency, although not significant, was found for the quality measurements.
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However, there is a slight tendency to try and push your luck.
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This political tendency could not be overridden by American ingenuity, he thought.
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New Yorkers have an almost uncontrollable tendency to envy other New Yorkers.
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There's a tendency to attribute far too much importance to trivial developments.
