as in tendency
an established pattern of behavior
the quarterback's proneness to injury has prompted team owners to offer him less lucrative terms on his new contract
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Recent Examples of proneness
The council in 2024 rejected a 498-unit apartment complex nearby in Deer Canyon over similar concerns related to evacuations and the area’s proneness to blazes.
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Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Both Max’s debut LP, Heaven & Hell, and her sophomore album, Diamonds and Dancefloors, were pushed back for release because of leaks, and Max has addressed her music’s proneness to making its way online before release in the past.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Both Max’s debut LP, Heaven & Hell, and her sophomore album, Diamonds and Dancefloors, were pushed back for release because of leaks, and Max has addressed her music’s proneness to making its way online before release in the past.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proneness
tendency
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New Jersey had a tendency to have armed folks standing in the polling places where Black people were voting.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Robinson spoke to other women in their twenties who also lowballed their salary expectations, a concerning tendency given Gen Z women already have salary expectations $6,200 less than men their age, according to research from expert network Handshake.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Proneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proneness. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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