weakness
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Defense has long been a weakness during coach Lincoln Riley’s tenure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Investors will also parse economic data, where any signs of weakness could further dampen rate-hike expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Morgans suggests seasonal weakness and rising interest rates may have contributed to the share-price fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As you can see, buying and holding over the past five- and 10-year periods has far outperformed three different ways of exploiting the historical tendency for market weakness between May Day and Halloween.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Right as he felt a weakness in his knees, he heard the door at the top creak open.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
The residents had urged a fire drill to identify possible weaknesses in the emergency response plans for the district.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Spotting weaknesses in systems, for example, is useful for defenders looking to block hackers, but also for attackers hunting for ways to infiltrate an organisation.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Cougars lost to Paracelete, which should help fix some weaknesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A former chief AI officer at Microsoft’s business application group, she said that deploying AI without updating older systems is problematic, given that AI amplifies strengths and weaknesses in a system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Someone once said that all writers should read into their weaknesses.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
Vocabulary lists containing weakness
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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The Suffix -ness, Part 1
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