predispose

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"The whole team undertakes a standardized warm-up that addresses a number of physical concerns that predispose our female athletes to ACLs," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Nothing in her environment would predispose her to cancer, except for being in close proximity to the fires.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

“But unfortunately, when it makes that change in cell type, there are genetic changes that predispose a patient to cancer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

The effort, Gershman explained, is "baseless" because it's "too broad" and "involves speculation and irresponsible insinuation" that the judge's relationship with his daughter would predispose him to rule based on that relationship.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

Attitudes such as these certainly predispose one to innumeracy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos