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Example sentences for: tendency

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Says a former Clinton aide, "There has been a real tendency to have no good-looking women on the staff in order to protect him."
In fact, Congress had a distinct tendency to push questions of emerging national security threats off its own plate, leaving them for others to consider.
But, the paper says a 1996 outside study of the Red Cross found Dole's management style wanting and critics have noted her tendency to add political allies to her payroll, including Mari Masing Will, the communications director for her husband's 1996 campaign.
Critics are slightly irritated by the film's tendency toward sitcom jokes and timing but nevertheless embrace the "affectionate humor" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ) Jenkins shows toward her characters.
A piece says that the White House's response to the China intelligence scandal epitomizes Clinton's dangerous tendency "to substitute damage control for foreign policy."