Habit
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547 examples of Habit in a sentence
But because Americans and Europeans share the Ukrainian
habit
of seeing world politics in terms of principles (such as democracy and free trade) they can rely on Ukraine as an active partner in the defence of those principles.
But it is not quite as complex once Internet-based services provide the right tools – and once awareness and control of one’s own data become a
habit.
The American
habit
of imposing its worldview self-righteously on others is deeply unwelcome.
What Rubin sees as most important in developing policy is the
habit
of "probabilistic thinking."
If consumption is shaped by habit, an income loss is very hard to bear and one might fight to avoid it, while fighting for additional gain when one is doing well is less important.
In Plato’s Apology, Socrates advocates for the examined life – the
habit
of rigorous self-reflection and posing hard, heterodox, and possibly upsetting questions.
If it took Obama, a man strong-willed enough to aspire to and achieve the US presidency, five years to kick the habit, it is not surprising that hundreds of millions of smokers find themselves unable to quit.
Even setting aside the harm that smokers inflict on nonsmokers, the free-to-choose argument is unconvincing with a drug as highly addictive as tobacco, and it becomes even more dubious when we consider that most smokers take up the
habit
as teenagers and later want to quit.
China’s Summer of DiscontentCLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Politics has a nasty
habit
of surprising us – especially in a country like China, where there is little transparency and a lot of intrigue.
The
habit
of bland rhetoric is a hard one to break.
People had learned that it pays to buy the dips, and were not weaned from the
habit
until it ceased to pay.
Some wear it out of
habit
or for traditional reasons rather than religious ones.
Others declare that we must kick the fossil fuel
habit
and make a mad dash for renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power.
All governments have acquired the
habit
of using secondary legislation by orders and regulations without parliamentary control.
Moreover, how is our government supposed to get millions of farmers to give up their barbaric ancestral
habit?
Because national, religious, and folk traditions are supposed to be protected across the Union, our unsavory
habit
of slaughtering squealing pigs can be preserved even as Romania enters the EU.
Attachment to national feeling was further undermined by governments’
habit
of blaming unpopular policies on European Union bureaucrats, who are increasingly seen as yet another bunch of self-satisfied, privileged, and unaccountable elitists.
In an effort to avoid resolutions or measures that expose their disagreements, the world’s great powers have adopted the
habit
of organizing worldwide debates and conferences that revert to decision-making by consensus.
Of course, as in other countries, bureaucracies are creatures of
habit.
As a result, ensuring the protection of information will be a key issue, particularly given the old
habit
of leaking security information to the press.
Trump’s adoration of Russia – or, more accurately, Russian riches – was apparent well before Americans went to the polls, as was his
habit
of surrounding himself with likeminded advisers.
Notwithstanding both countries’ objectionable mercantilism, Japan and China had something else in common: They became victims of America’s unfortunate
habit
of making others the scapegoat for its own economic problems.
But this is more a force of
habit
than a logical assumption, given that the US has shown no inclination to lead.
Trump has a longtime
habit
of making such threats and not following through.
That way, when they start their careers, they will already be in the
habit
of taking the necessary precautions.
As early as 1945, George Orwell explained the difference between nationalism and patriotism: “By ‘nationalism’ … I mean the
habit
of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests … By ‘patriotism,’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people.”
As Krugman recently wrote, MMT backers “tend to be unclear about what exactly their differences with conventional views are, and also have a strong
habit
of dismissing out of hand any attempt to make sense of what they’re saying.”
The populist
habit
of demonizing all progressive policies, including those meant to advance sustainability, will only do more harm.
It should not let member states make a
habit
of financing recurring current expenditures with debt.
For all of its disastrous implications, the idea of a “second Trump term” has not shaken the European Union from its frustrating
habit
of pursuing business as usual.
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