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susceptibility

[suh-sep-tuh-bil-i-tee] / səˌsɛp təˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Sad to say, there could hardly be a better time to bring back Mr. Letts’s stealthy, slow-burning 1996 play about the human susceptibility to paranoid delusions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

"How many people carry variants in this gene and is there a susceptibility to deafness or age-dependent hearing loss?" she said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

Only drilling—which is costly and disruptive—reveals the truth about a site’s susceptibility to collapse.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

Other research, the study noted, has found “greater male susceptibility to cortical atrophy and neuroinflammation under stress, which aligns with our findings of heightened pandemic-related brain aging in males.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

The British have already tested a large number of other species for susceptibility to radiation.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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