as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a young lad with a predilection for telling tall tales
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Recent Examples of predilection
More recently, Anderson has opted for lower-key hairstyles that mirror her current makeup-free predilection, but a special night like the Screen Actors Guild Awards calls for a special break from both yesterday’s and today's norms.
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Marci Robin, Allure, 24 Feb. 2025
This is a role without precedent, for which judges are poorly equipped and apt to fall back on their ideological predilections.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
Ardently following Trump can mean caring, suddenly, about all his particular predilections and mounting a fight against the enemy wherever possible — in product boycotts or on street corners, on social media or in NASCAR chants, in school board meetings or at election sites.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
But no matter your predilection, there are a few essential ingredients that are beneficial for most winter skin problems.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
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Marci Robin, Allure, 24 Feb. 2025
This is a role without precedent, for which judges are poorly equipped and apt to fall back on their ideological predilections.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
Ardently following Trump can mean caring, suddenly, about all his particular predilections and mounting a fight against the enemy wherever possible — in product boycotts or on street corners, on social media or in NASCAR chants, in school board meetings or at election sites.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
But no matter your predilection, there are a few essential ingredients that are beneficial for most winter skin problems.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predilection
Noun
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Spelling has opened up about her hydrophobic tendencies before, revealing in an April episode of misSPELLING that she had been hospitalized twice over several months for fainting.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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According to Brenda, who has bizarre energy and a tendency to trail off mid-thought, the house was abandoned after a fire.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The report cites a growing consumer inclination toward advanced lip care solutions, and effective alternatives to traditional lip balms and glosses.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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But several other populist Trump allies who have shown no inclination to leave power have made their judiciaries a central target.—
Graham Underwood,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This is different from notions of strengths and weaknesses, personality, aptitude or things like that.—
Michael B. Horn,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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So having that mental aptitude to learn and pick up schemes could help a good and creative coach get a ton out of him.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The combination of IoT and AI enables connected devices to collect, analyze and act on data in real-time.—
Rahul Saluja,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Although Baytown does not have any historical affinity with aerospace, its location on the water offers far more straightforward access to Relativity's test facilities in Mississippi and its launch site in Florida.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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The widespread affinity for the familiar dessert is part of a larger movement of bakers leaning into personal influences and away from strictly European baking traditions.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appétit,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Acts of kindness, praise or physical affection are strategically given or withheld to reinforce control.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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In the short video, posted on March 10, a man sits on the sofa wearing his hood up, while Wilson shows him affection—by lying on top of him and trying to get as close as possible, at one point even shoving his face into the man's hood.—
Rachael O'Connor,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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