sensitivity
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Recent data could point to a 6.6% fall in intermediate-goods production—a decent proxy for sensitivity to low water levels—pushing down industrial production by 2.5% over six months, all else being equal, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
National Australia Bank's Rodrigo Catril said: "AI-linked stocks that have increased their borrowing levels are now seemingly showing a greater deal of sensitivity to the move up in higher longer-dated yields."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Researchers additionally performed sensitivity analyses to assess attrition bias.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“While demand remains strong, we continue to see variability tied to customer timing, mix sensitivity, working capital intensity and customer concentration,” Asiya Merchant, technology equity analyst at Citigroup, wrote in a note on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to misanthropy, creation to annihilation.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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But Hera Hussain is worried that cultural sensitivities are not recognised by tech companies, where reported images are often first assessed by an AI moderation system trained largely to detect nudity.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Dr Overton noted that "access restrictions, damaged infrastructure and political sensitivities" in parts of the Middle East have limited reporting and in some cases suppressed casualty numbers entirely.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
But Mr. Ryrie does offer to those readers an interpretation of missions congenial to modern sensitivities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
But times continue to change along with cultural sensitivities, and he wanted to revisit his work for East West Players’ 60th anniversary season.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Hamilton tried to reassure him that his sensitivities on this score were excessive, that if he did choose to run for a third term, he would win in a walk.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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