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- noun Plural form of
tendency .
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I stress the word tendencies; they were almost certainly unaware of them.
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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I stress the word tendencies; they were almost certainly unaware of them.
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature.
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But we are a sinful people, and so we are given an escape from our own sin tendencies through the holy Spirit – and forgiveness through our repentance and faith in the atoning blood of Christ.
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Though the tension between the parochial aspects of the faith and its more universalist tendencies is as old as Judaism itself, Chanukah is not an empty metaphor into which other narratives or unrelated themes — whether praiseworthy or not — can be poured at will.
Religion 2010
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Stoking underlying racist tendencies is only one part of what the moronic leaders of this rabble are doing.
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I commend any lib that, notwithstanding their natural statist tendencies, is able to see the outrages committed by the government inWaco.
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One can detect these two tendencies from the earliest part of the Christian age to our own.
Guido the Innovator 2009
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His following point about Democratic tendencies is a compliment to Republicans that we all need to hear.
Matthew Yglesias » How Many Votes to Change the Senate’s Rules 2010
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A more recent fictional character with swinging villainous tendencies is Professor Snape in the Harry Potter series.
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