How to Use liability in a Sentence
liability
noun- The company is trying to limit its liability in this case.
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There were liabilities and tax bills and all this stuff.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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That could make him as much a liability for the rest of the team as a help, and much more fun.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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The liability the city would be taking on with this idea will be off the charts.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Due to his past, his siblings look at him more as a liability.
—Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 26 Feb. 2019
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Those are not the same thing, and the gap between them is where liability lives.
—Darrin Lipscomb, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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Too much liability and money at stake in their day jobs, right?
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
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His age could be a liability, as some see the 59-year-old as too young.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
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But cringe is no longer a liability.
—Leeron Walter, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Now, the profession as a whole needs to work out how to deal with this new liability.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 13 June 2023
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This can make the dog feel in danger and put the business at liability.
—Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
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That would have made for much less of a mess today, and much less civil liability.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 July 2023
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But the press conferences have since come to be seen as a liability.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2020
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At the end of the day, success should never feel like a liability.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Could be an asset, or could be a liability.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2025
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Gold, on the other hand, is not a liability.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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But liability didn’t die on the cement that night.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
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Soon, their bottom line failed to keep pace with their debt liabilities, and their pile of debt began to grow.
—Dr Bs Ajaikumar, Quartz India, 18 Feb. 2020
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And this only works if the debt is the liability of only one of the spouses.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2020
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And their quick-strike offense has become a force, rather than a liability.
—Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 21 June 2017
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To many companies, the liability risk of the hype is too high.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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The gap, which might have felt like a liability, became the story.
—Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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In the war with Iran, both are now strategic tools – and liabilities.
—Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
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The fast fashion brands are lobbying hard to take the brand liability piece out of this.
—Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 12 Sep. 2021
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People don’t tend to notice when their tax liability goes down.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
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Disclaimers have not been found to have shielded them from liability in most of those cases.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2022
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The Post has become a danger and a liability to him in that.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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The platforms are able to track their own data and manage the liability risks.
—WSJ, 4 Jan. 2021
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The provider of the technology has to share some of the liability with clients.
—Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
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Always use a payment provider like Stripe that will take the liability away from you.
—Expert Panel, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
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