high-risk
adjective
1
: likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : having a lot of risk
a high-risk activity
high-risk investments
2
: more likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury
high-risk patients
patients in the high-risk group
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Children and adolescents age 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not previously immunized, according to the guidance.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
With no hospital in sight and no health workers around, Amani was forced to deliver in unsafe and high-risk conditions.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
But the Mayo Clinic recommends that people living in high-risk places take a number of steps to protect themselves, including using netting with insecticide over their bed, using insecticides to kill insects inside their home, and using insect repellent on their body.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not previously immunized, according to the guidance.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
With no hospital in sight and no health workers around, Amani was forced to deliver in unsafe and high-risk conditions.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
But the Mayo Clinic recommends that people living in high-risk places take a number of steps to protect themselves, including using netting with insecticide over their bed, using insecticides to kill insects inside their home, and using insect repellent on their body.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Children and adolescents aged 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not previously immunized, according to the guidance.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high-risk
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“High-risk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-risk. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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