fallible
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It is alarming that we live in a moment of widespread ignorance that CPS caseworkers, like all fallible government officials, are bound by the Constitution.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
It’s a human institution run by fallible human beings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Clemency used to be a consistent failsafe for an often fallible system.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
So long as human bodies are fallible to disease, we will need labs studying viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites to see which ones could cause major problems.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
It is to stain their nobility, to make them vulnerable, fallible, breakable humans.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing fallible
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