1
as in inclinations
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
bored teenagers with an aptitude for getting into trouble
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as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability
has an aptitude for math
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Recent Examples of aptitudes
For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.
—Gracia Liu-Farrer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
More money is apt to make homeschooling worse and far less tailored to the individual student and their interests and aptitudes by encouraging parents to substitute pricey group programs for the requisite effort of individualized instruction.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Students are sorted into these houses based on their personalities and magical aptitudes.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Creativity, insight, wisdom, and empathy—these aptitudes are wholly human and look to remain that way into the future.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Nov. 2021
Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.
—Gracia Liu-Farrer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
More money is apt to make homeschooling worse and far less tailored to the individual student and their interests and aptitudes by encouraging parents to substitute pricey group programs for the requisite effort of individualized instruction.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Students are sorted into these houses based on their personalities and magical aptitudes.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Creativity, insight, wisdom, and empathy—these aptitudes are wholly human and look to remain that way into the future.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aptitudes
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Born to a humble family in the twilight years of the shogunate, Higuchi Natsuko (as she was born) was the fourth child and second daughter of a man with scholarly inclinations, who as a farmer had come to the capital to seek both fortune and rank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Over the last week or so, the four satellites adjusted their inclinations—the angles of their orbits to the equator—by less than a degree.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
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The resulting picture, now known as Harlem 1958, became legendary for collecting some of the genre’s greatest talents, stretching from the swing era (Count Basie, Gene Krupa) to the peaks of bebop (Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie).—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Inga Bielińska is an MCC ICF coach who helps clients leverage their talents and expertise to become effective leaders.—
Inga Bielińska,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Even so, there is a real responsibility on the introverted leader to understand how their natural tendencies land with the people around them and how to be most effective within that awareness.—
Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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This summer, Disneyland is leaning all the way into its patriotic tendencies.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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Some fruits and vegetables are so special they’re treated like rare seasonal gifts, including figs from trees grown from cuttings brought from Greece by Grow + Gather’s founder, George Gastis, passed down through generations of his family.—
Sara Rosenthal,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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His final Cup Series season would have been a true farewell tour — a last chance at his elusive Daytona 500, last visit to each racetrack as a Cup driver, gifts from each racetrack and tributes such as grandstands named in his honor.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Spanish society has always had a relatively high tolerance for Latin American immigrants, who speak the local language and share certain cultural affinities.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Squarcialupi said the time is now ripe for the brand to cross borders, toward Spain and other Mediterranean countries that have affinities with Italy.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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One of Knudson-Freeman’s many knacks was research and development, according to Freeman, saying his mother always wanted the food chain’s menu to be craveable.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
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Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Aptitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aptitudes. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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