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as in susceptible
being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm
I'm vulnerable to sunburn whenever I go out in the sun
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as in helpless
lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack
vulnerable baby chicks
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Recent Examples of vulnerable
That makes the economy particularly vulnerable to fuel price increases.
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Malak Harb, Fortune, 15 May 2026
These Olympic programs are now increasingly vulnerable in the deregulated NCAA.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Security leaders should still inventory vulnerable cryptography, begin post-quantum migration and build crypto-agility road maps.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The continued weakness suggests investors remain cautious of the software trade as potentially vulnerable to slowing corporate spending and long-term disruption from generative AI tools.
—Nick Wells, CNBC, 15 May 2026
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Malak Harb, Fortune, 15 May 2026
These Olympic programs are now increasingly vulnerable in the deregulated NCAA.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Security leaders should still inventory vulnerable cryptography, begin post-quantum migration and build crypto-agility road maps.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The continued weakness suggests investors remain cautious of the software trade as potentially vulnerable to slowing corporate spending and long-term disruption from generative AI tools.
—Nick Wells, CNBC, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulnerable
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But these jobs are also among the most susceptible to AI displacement.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Other recommendations from the NFL include a request for the CFTC to create a unique certification process for contracts that are related to an individual player's performance or susceptible to manipulation.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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By contrast, the publication of his translation of Kafka in Italian in the spring of 1983 left him feeling empty, helpless, defenseless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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All the sweeping expansiveness snaps shut with a sudden health crisis for Kristen, its onset signaled with masterful concision in a middle-of-the-night calamity that leaves her helpless.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Auditors typically treat unattributable privileged actions as accountability gaps, because the framework expects sensitive operations to trace back to an accountable individual rather than an autonomous system.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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In addition, some companies and governments may pair that with quantum key cryptography, particularly for highly sensitive information.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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In those first days of sobriety, the part of yourself that has been scabbed over with substances for so long is finally exposed, shivery and unprotected, to life dead sober.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Among developed nations, Americans are uniquely unprotected.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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The outer layers of the star will eventually cool and disperse, leaving a nebula of ex-stellar material surrounding the sun's core, which will then become an exposed cooling stellar remnant called a white dwarf.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The objective is to reduce exposed equity within the entity in a lawful and structured manner.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Pawlikowski has never been prone to go long, but at just 82 minutes, Fatherland is as bracing and brief as a polar-bear plunge.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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These cities are building quickly on flood-prone land, financing infrastructure through debt mechanisms that future residents will inherit, and betting that car-dependent sprawl is a durable model for community life.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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“Vulnerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulnerable. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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