breakage
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To reach weapons-grade—93% or higher—the material must be spun in sensitive centrifuges that are subject to breakage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
He also asserted "that he had no intention of fleeing and that there was no breakage of the bracelet's strap."
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Many bones showed fresh fractures caused by blunt impacts soon after the elephant's death, indicating deliberate breakage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
Their relationship is again strained to the point of breakage.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Many of the trees are considered past maturity, meaning branch breakages are common.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
In the past, Twitter prevented breakages from escalating by having people around to diagnose and solve problems immediately.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
A spokeswoman for Marseille police confirmed Friday to The Associated Press that its officers and local gendarmes are investigating multiple breakages to cables on the city’s outskirts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
Cohen said he was conscious of the “gaps and breakages everywhere” - between his generation’s views of Israel and its parents’, and between American and Israeli Jews.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2022
There were several breakages because I was brandishing the sword so clumsily.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
