defensive
Example Sentences
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And perhaps homeowners or apartment builders have invested more in their roofs, or taken defensive measures in landscaping in wildfire-prone areas.
As Félix Viana explains, "The skin is equipped with specific sensors that allow us to detect environmental cold and adapt defensive behaviors."
From Science Daily
In a transformation this fundamental, those defensive postures carry real costs.
From MarketWatch
The approved weapons sales, announced in the U.S. late Wednesday, are intended to support Taipei’s efforts to “modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability,” the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
The Lakers are ranked near the bottom of the league in some defensive categories, which means there remains room for improvement.
From Los Angeles Times
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