as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space
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Recent Examples of penchant
Together, the two parcels form a substantial compound that reflects Gores’s penchant for buying the house next door.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
That said, the associated drawbacks include a penchant for expressing your inner monologues as very public arguments, and an insatiable urge to eat heads.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
One unrealized project revolved around Cipriani’s penchant for gifting gambling winnings to people in need.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
The staging of their wedding on Monday is immediately juxtaposed with the deaths of Mercutio (played flamboyantly, and with a penchant for mooning, by Kasper Hilton-Hille) and Tybalt (Aruna Jalloh).
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
That said, the associated drawbacks include a penchant for expressing your inner monologues as very public arguments, and an insatiable urge to eat heads.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
One unrealized project revolved around Cipriani’s penchant for gifting gambling winnings to people in need.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
The staging of their wedding on Monday is immediately juxtaposed with the deaths of Mercutio (played flamboyantly, and with a penchant for mooning, by Kasper Hilton-Hille) and Tybalt (Aruna Jalloh).
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penchant
Noun
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When an investigation like Nancy Guthrie’s passes the two-month mark, there’s a tendency to look back and reexamine all assumptions and decisions made in the first few moments.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Apr. 2026
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New cultivars of Pyrus calleryana were bred to reduce Bradford’s tendency to split in snow or high winds.—
Campbell Vaughn,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Rangers have shown greater aptitude against four-seamers in this six-game sample size to begin the season.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Flutie played beyond his physical abilities partly because of his aptitude.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 11 satellites on board are flying to a mid-inclination orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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The natural inclination, then, might be to try to ridicule the conspiracy believer into feeling enough shame to abandon their belief, but this often only drives them toward it.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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During the Apollo missions, astronauts used urine collection and transfer devices, as well as plastic bags taped to the buttocks to collect feces.—
ByMary Kekatos,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Our bill will ban the federal government from buying and operating these devices made in countries that wish us harm.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For those following news about the war on social media, this affinity network—all these different figures with their own little tribes—has been quickly replacing images of the war with commentary on it.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Yes, our heroine is Mary Bennet, she of the off-key singing voice and affinity for vibe-killing piano concertos, a young woman who doesn’t care that men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses and counts a day of being ignored by her family as a lucky escape from being mocked.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her knack for dialogue is noted by the president of the studio, who promotes her on the spot.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
1 Apr. 2026
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When a piano tuner’s extraordinary hearing reveals a knack for cracking safes, his quiet New York routine gives way to a risky life of crime—just as the possibility of love suggests another future.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Penchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penchant. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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