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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The ability to create offense individually, put pressure on the rim and set up stationary shooters — as much as such violates Kerr’s inclinations — have become necessary to beat good modern defenses.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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Who knew that such daring would lead to a film that avoids these inclinations entirely, especially one that could have so easily leaned into controversial territory?—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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This same window of time will promote the arts and give you opportunities to express your creative talents.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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Fanning wanted to emphasize Margo’s writerly talents, an intention Kelley shared.—
Tomris Laffly,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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But over time, these tendencies have taken their toll.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The movie only hints at the underlying social tendencies that a populist exploits.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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As previously noted, one of the gifts of Russian greats that Saunders most celebrates is their way of locating complex truths in the stuff of ordinary lives—their towns and farms, and their families, their servants; their animals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The talented Oklahoma City Thunder point guard, who is the 18th player to win at least two MVP awards and the 14th to win them in back-to-back, presented his entire team with gifts before accepting the Michael Jordan Trophy from NBA commissioner Adam Silver.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
20 May 2026
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While tons of beauty professionals have ties, affinities, and contractual obligations with designer brands, many swear by drugstore or equally accessible products to get their clients star-worthy outcomes.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
11 May 2026
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Its formal and ontological affinities with dysfunction, fragmentation, and violence would seem to render that debt proverbial to the point of cliché.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 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 22 May. 2026.
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