susceptibility
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The temperamental little, yellow fruit with its susceptibility to heavy rain and viruses can be tough to grow, while devastating hurricanes in Jamaica, a prime producer of Scotch bonnets, delivered a further blow.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
A lack of trust in government and health systems in the UK "underlaid susceptibility to false information", it added, and said action was needed to rebuild public trust in vaccines more generally.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Just as important, I’m using AI to tame my human susceptibility to praise, so that when I do get a sycophantic response to my prompts, I take it with a hearty grain of salt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Future work will explore whether early or occasional exposure to GM-CSF may prime bone marrow cells in ways that increase susceptibility to IBD over time, potentially opening the door to earlier intervention and prevention strategies.
From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026
In 2004 two U.S. anthropologists and a Venezuelan medical researcher proposed that Native American susceptibility to infectious disease might have a second cause: helper-T cells, which like HLAs help the immune system recognize foreign objects.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing susceptibility
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