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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a propensity of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a natural inclination or tendency towards something, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The study revealed a propensity of individuals to favor short-term rewards over long-term benefits."
Alternatives: "a tendency to" or "an inclination towards".
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Why is there a propensity of failed studies for acute ischemic stroke in adults?
The results showed a propensity of near-neighbor pairing (or called "first come first pair") in the β-strand pairs.
Chick flicks have a propensity of offering a countering space in which feminist ideas can quietly flourish – for every The Ugly Truth there's a Legally Blonde.
The pattern of sensory dominance shifted with healthy and abnormal aging to favour a propensity of auditory-dominant behaviour (i.e., detecting sounds faster than flashes).
These findings indicate a propensity of females for a more complex recruitment of TA, GL and VL during walking, compared to males.
By contrast, there was a significant shift for a propensity of auditory dominant individuals with healthy (χ2 = 6.43; p < 0.01) as well as abnormal aging (χ2 = 18.0; p < 0.0001); the latter of which were exclusively auditory dominant (Fig. 1A).
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This analysis results in the creation of a propensity surface of growth that is able to identify the most probable sites for urban development.
Thus, a reduced effect in the DLSt may predict a low propensity of a drug to cause the extrapyramidal side effects.
Given the number of baseline characteristics, we selected patients with hyperlipidemia not experiencing a CVE who had a similar propensity of having a CVE as the CVE cohort.
Domain promiscuity can be defined as a high propensity of a domain to be associated with various domains in different proteins [47].
To date, microsatellite instability – an increased propensity of a microsatellite to suffer length-altering mutations – has been linked to at least 40 monogenic disorders [ 4, 5].
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