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hazard

[haz-erd] / ˈhæz ərd /




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Without the hazard ratio, along with other data, it is “difficult to assess the magnitude, durability and commercial relevance of benefit in adjuvant melanoma,” Citi’s Geoff Meacham told investors in August.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration cleared the 250-foot structure Friday, finding it would not pose a substantial hazard to aircraft using nearby Reagan National Airport.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

Exposing cells directly to a chemical can reveal a potential hazard, but it does not, by itself, show whether eating a food exposes human tissues to enough of that chemical to cause the same damage.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Italy is the second race this year to be declared a heat hazard.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The moisture ate away at the wooden stairs leading up to the house, and climbing them became a daily hazard.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Nonstop swells combined with a “super” El Niño phenomenon have washed away truckloads of sand from Newport Beach and other parts of the California coast, exposing hazards buried a century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

These can include exercise, assessment of hazards that could contribute to falls, and education tailored to a person's individual risk.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

In fact, substituting toys for all hazards and unwanted behaviors are excellent protective measures.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

AI models are increasingly used in weather and climate forecasting and for early detection of natural hazards.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

He didn’t often get compliments on his taste—one of the inherent hazards of wearing a dragon necklace.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

The assumption is that Brady surely repents of the decision to return and that he is “a shell of himself,” as commentator Rex Ryan hazarded, and indeed he seems thin to the point of sickness.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2022

I hazarded a number of guesses as to where the movement, and more importantly the reaction to it, was headed.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2022

Edward Holmes does not like making predictions, but last year he hazarded a few.

From Science Magazine Aug. 19, 2021

He hazarded that the onscreen manhunt was between seventy and eighty per cent as intense as the real thing.

From The New Yorker Feb. 15, 2017

“If a black cat crosses your path, you’ll have bad luck,” hazarded Tendai.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

By 1858, the famous Butterfield stagecoaches were ferrying the mail through the cut over the pass, hazarding a vertiginous angle comparable with San Francisco’s Lombard Street, without the switchbacks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Borinsky invites guesses; the problem is that we might not care enough for any of the people or ideas onstage to bother hazarding them.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2023

Yet nowhere in the Federalist essays do any of the authors explain why liberty is so valuable that it is worth hazarding the consequences of human nature.

From Washington Times Jan. 4, 2022

The Navy confirmed that Mays was the sailor charged Thursday with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel.

From Washington Post Aug. 4, 2021

I feared early instilled prejudice: I wanted to have you safe before hazarding confidences.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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