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vulnerability

[vuhl-ner-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌvʌl nər əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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The Taiwan fund alluded to AI concentration vulnerability on Friday, saying that the island’s economic fundamentals remain sound but that the market is dominated by high-tech stocks and closely correlated with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Turn the whole internet off and on again: If you’ve heard rumblings about the cybersecurity vulnerability threatening the web but don’t know what’s going on, senior tech editor Tony Ho Tran is here to explain.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

“It was a very lonely period of time in his life. I appreciated his vulnerability in telling me everything he did.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Daloy highlighted two particular risks: the exploitation of a technical vulnerability and the use of compromised credentials allowing hackers to log in to the equipment.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

From then on, I knew that there was a ritual to a street fight, bylaws and codes that, in their very need, attested to all the vulnerability of the black teenage bodies.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Our leading companies have put their most advanced models to use, patching cyber vulnerabilities at a speed and scale never seen before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The i Paper carries the warning "UK rail network at risk from grey war cyber attack", quoting Department for Transport documents expressing concerns about possible vulnerabilities to threats across the network.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Now, it is often someone without a criminal past, but who has exploitable vulnerabilities, like having a difficult family life.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Conversely, another energy shock could keep U.S. yields elevated, pressure Asian currencies and introduce more vulnerabilities in regional credit markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

I am not a congenitally fearful person, for which you can blame or credit my mother, who never got around to alerting me to any special vulnerabilities that went with being a girl.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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