1
as in inclinations
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
the perfect gift for a person of a literary bent
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as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability
having a decided bent for languages, he picked up Italian in no time
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Recent Examples of bents
Among his work was co-creating shows such as Righteous Gemstones, Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals, all for HBO and with strong, over-the-top comedic bents.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The Olympic Games provide an opportunity for Americans of all political bents to come together to root for Team USA.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
One of the first goals was to use existing Coast Guard advocates with change-agent bents to help guide Elon Musk’s DOGE staffers towards real, longstanding problems.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 8 Jan. 2026
And there are people with theological and philosophical bents who use the BGV theorem to bolster their preferred arguments over how the Universe ultimately began, with dubious and debatable results.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The Olympic Games provide an opportunity for Americans of all political bents to come together to root for Team USA.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
One of the first goals was to use existing Coast Guard advocates with change-agent bents to help guide Elon Musk’s DOGE staffers towards real, longstanding problems.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 8 Jan. 2026
And there are people with theological and philosophical bents who use the BGV theorem to bolster their preferred arguments over how the Universe ultimately began, with dubious and debatable results.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bents
Noun
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This is the standard for ramp inclinations that are usable for most people, especially wheelchair users.—
K. Desbouis,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2026
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Trump’s inclinations to make every race about him could foul this for the GOP.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With Cloutier’s transfer to JSerra, two Fort Worth-area quarterbacks have now taken their talents west.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Follow curiosity, and let your talents breathe.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The music business’ macho and misogynistic tendencies had reached a peak in 1987.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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By layering indicators such as travel habits, purchase footprints, and neighborhood retail tendencies, Vado builds rooftop-level consumer profiles that may help advertisers identify areas with promising engagement patterns.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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The caveat is jurors and audiences at home are not allowed to vote for their own country; geopolitical affinities or rivalries often supersede talent.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Players have to create teams that exploit a boss’ weakness in order to defeat them, and that means building up characters that have the right elemental affinities.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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For the third game in a row, Towns — a six-time All-Star specifically for his scoring gifts — was invisible on offense in the first half before imposing his will over the second two quarters as the Knicks attempted to punch themselves back into a game.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Save that extra cash for gifts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Alienation of affections was largely recognized in the 1800s as a tort for when a female spouse was whisked away from her husband by a third party.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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But anyone willing to consider the thicket of fears, affections and recriminations that grows through the cracks of a long relationship will find in these pages an almost unbearable tenderness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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From clothing to toys, knick-knacks to collectibles, all sorts of items were seen for sale on Saturday.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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At least Stijn Verhoeven and Ewa Mroczkowska’s nuanced production design for the interiors, including bourgeois homes full of kitschy knick-knacks, anonymous office spaces and frigidly austere villas, tell a story of their own about the material culture of the era.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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