gravitates

verb

present tense third-person singular of gravitate
as in prefers
to be drawn or attracted He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore. She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music.

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Recent Examples of gravitates My mom gravitates toward flowy, breezy blouses in the summer. — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 And when the pro action resumes, everyone gravitates to the nearest TV screen to watch their heroes and refuel their dreams. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026 Zara gravitates toward confident, vibrant fashion, and that’s very much aligned with True Religion’s DNA. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 Second, people’s attention naturally gravitates toward the few instances where data sharing benefits them. — Sandra Matz, The Conversation, 27 May 2026 The Democratic Party has been slower to pull candidates from the ranks of supportive media, and still gravitates towards those with more traditional political resumes. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 Interior designer Monique Miller, co-founder of Calimia Home, often gravitates toward teak in particular. — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026 Even though the drugmakers are out of favor once again and the group is vulnerable to give back some of last week’s gains as the market gravitates toward faster-moving stocks, one analyst published a positive note on a new J & J medicine that supports our long-term thesis. — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 15 June 2026 When psychologists talk about exceptional intelligence, the conversation almost always gravitates toward IQ. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravitates
  1. prefers
  2. chooses
  3. tends
  4. takes
  5. likes
  6. selects
  7. favors
Verb
  • The team prefers one reliever as the primary option for saves.
    — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Still, McCuskey prefers to keep his eyes forward and hopes his state can easily move on from the recent track title.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of prefers
Verb
  • Even still, no matter whether a rider chooses to lay their head in a hotel or a tent, anyone who's spent the day enjoying the open road covered by State Farm Insurance will rest far easier that night.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
  • Whether Weiss chooses to acknowledge the standings or not, the NL East race has become one of baseball's most compelling second-half storylines.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of chooses
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  • Iga Świątek, last year’s women’s champion and a master of the slide, tends to avoid it on grass.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026
  • Reality tends to offer less stylish and cinematic ends for its protagonists.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of tends
Verb
  • The show centered on a single dad and former pro baseball player (Tony Danza) who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a powerful ad executive named Angela (Judith Light).
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • The channel already has Sunday evening live streams where Gervais takes audience questions.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of takes
Verb
  • Instead, Peltier likes to think of it as adding intentional pauses into the rhythm of a home.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
  • The video has more than four million views on TikTok and X and some 175,000 Instagram likes.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of likes
Verb
  • This information is continuously shared across a command-and-control network that decides whether an engagement is necessary, selects the most suitable interceptor, and determines the optimal launch time.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of selects
Verb
  • That said, the court's refusal to intervene at this point is at least a tentative signal that favors the law.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 July 2026
  • The wind is going to be blowing in as of right now, which actually favors the Cubs and the under, so bettor beware.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
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