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  • noun Common misspelling of tendency.

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Examples

  • The other tendancy is focus on making it big when you need to still learn the basics.

    Get Rich Quick! Go Freelance! Successful Entrepreneur! NOT! « Lorelle on WordPress 2006

  • Oh I forgot Houston is a big city therefore the tendancy is they are more democrats than GOP. all the news that's fit to omit

    Houston elects first openly gay mayor 2009

  • Also, when you factor in the scenarios they read to respondants, they have a tendancy, intentionally so, to put respondants in a given frame of mind leaning them in one direction over another.

    Palin plans 'aggressive' fundraising push 2010

  • I know there has been a tendancy for run on sentences in this thread .... but did you just mention Bubba and Pedro in the same.

    An Amusing Story 2009

  • I know there has been a tendancy for run on sentences in this thread .... but did you just mention Bubba and Pedro in the same.

    An Amusing Story 2009

  • I know there has been a tendancy for run on sentences in this thread .... but did you just mention Bubba and Pedro in the same.

    An Amusing Story 2009

  • I had a slight tendancy before I was pregnant to concentrate on “the sniffles” because I had a bad history of chest infections etc.

    » No Time to Be Sick Strocel.com 2009

  • While feelings are important to evaluation situations, rational evaluation of the facts on any issue has little to do with Faith, which can even skew analysis, considering the tendancy of people to find evidence for what they want to believe.

    Man made global warming? No way! 2009

  • The evidence shows that revenue does not cause spending to go up and it, in fact, has a small tendancy to cause spending to go down.

    Debating Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • While feelings are important to evaluation situations, rational evaluation of the facts on any issue has little to do with Faith, which can even skew analysis, considering the tendancy of people to find evidence for what they want to believe.

    Man made global warming? No way! 2009

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