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have a penchant for
Idioms and Phrases
Have a tendency or taste for. For example, He has a penchant for saying the wrong thing , or She has a strong penchant for baroque music . [Second half of 1600s]Example Sentences
"The number of networks that have emerged here feels atypical and significant to me in comparison to other parts of the state," the Examiner said, adding that "Lancastrians have a penchant for reinventing the wheel — or even inventing the same wheel by different people at the same time."
Filipino audiences have a penchant for soap operas and gossip, especially when it involves public figures - who they are dating and how they are spending their money.
However, Trump seems to have a penchant for violating gag orders—during his civil fraud trial, he earned $15,000 in fines.
John Magaro seems to have a penchant for playing nice guys.
The new tool is called the Burnout Assessment Tool, or BAT among researchers who have a penchant for amusing abbreviations.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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