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Tucking in with wet feet can cause frostbite or injury called immersion or trench foot, caused by prolonged exposure to wet and cold conditions that—worst-case scenario—can cause skin tissue to die.

Sometimes it is a forum for executives to gain exposure to board members and for board members to have the opportunity to evaluate and provide input on executives.

Some of the students have parents or siblings with health issues who can’t risk exposure to the virus.

They have suffered the sharpest drop in employment since March, and many who have held onto jobs are essential workers who risk exposure every day.

More data could lead to more investment and more downloads, says Wanger, whose work supports the development and analysis of exposure notification apps.

The exposure and buzz from Short Term have raised her profile considerably.

How has your sense of the art of self-exposure evolved since then?

This season is all about monitoring posture, scrutinizing sun exposure, even exploring the health of a pet.

She tells clients to open curtains as much as possible to get exposure to natural light right when the body is waking up.

For people with SAD, or a bad case of the winter blues, doctors might prescribe a certain amount of light exposure.

When first seen it is said to have had a pasty consistency, but on exposure to the air it dried and crumbled into powder.

One step might spoil everything and lead to an exposure, the consequences of which were altogether too terrible to contemplate.

"I should have thought, Sir Hugh, that in face of what must inevitably result you would not risk exposure," he said.

But Weirmarsh, with his innate cunning, presented to him a picture of exposure and degradation which held him horrified.

Did they perish from exposure to hunger and exhaustion, and the freezing blasts of winter?

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On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exposure, such as: disclosure, hazard, liability, publicity, risk, and vulnerability.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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