problematic
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In the haste to disrupt the obesity epidemic, weight loss has been treated as the singular, undisputed metric of success, which experts say is problematic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has also acknowledged using errant figures to justify a fraud probe in New York, deepening concerns in the administration’s methods for identifying problematic activity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
There’s another feature that market participants say could be problematic.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
But its reliance on PIK interest, junior debt, preferred stock, and investing gains could be problematic in a down market.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
What is more problematic, though, is that hardly anyone in the mainstream media noticed the oversight.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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