predisposed to

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"Exosomes are used to communicate with and activate surrounding cells, and we have now identified a defect in both the production and the quality of exosomes in cells that we know are predisposed to Alzheimer's."

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025

If you’re terminally online, or just a little too comfortable with the idea of a man being predisposed to jerkiness, it’s hard to trust how unguarded and comfortable with being vulnerable Tony is.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

A miscast Beanie Feldstein launched the Broadway return of “Funny Girl,” and even those of us predisposed to love her couldn’t help leaving the show shaking our heads in bafflement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

While it can be brought on by sound trauma, research suggests some people may be predisposed to suffering from it.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

He was especially predisposed to forgive or ignore political differences when the other person had been one of the “band of brothers” in 1776.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis