assailable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assailable
Adjective
  • The border between the two countries is the longest undefended one in the world.
    MARGARET MACMILLAN, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
  • The buses usually took the Peace Bridge to cross the world’s longest undefended border, slowing to 30 mph over the Niagara River before pulling into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • No little boy or girl should feel unsafe or unprotected while changing in school.
    Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Equally worrying are the implications for working people across the UK, who may now be left unprotected from up front charges by similar platforms elsewhere in the growing gig economy.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, due to space constraints, not all instruments could fit inside the titanium vault, and the ones that couldn’t would be more susceptible to the inevitable degradation that would ensue from being exposed to this radiation-rich environment.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The claim names Milwaukee County, the county's Circuit Court, and the Sheriff's Office as being liable for injuries and damages.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • However, the jury found Google liable for two of three privacy violation claims.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And despite a lockdown being ordered, surveillance video and investigation records studied by CNN show at least three other classroom doors in that hallway were unsecured too.
    Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Patient data traverses unsecured networks in jurisdictions beyond the scope of oversight.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Tortured Poets is almost her crowning artistic achievement, containing the most complex and unguarded—and gorgeous—songs of her career.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • People are unguarded and unfiltered there.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That is, if a practice has weak passwords, doesn't configure MFA or adds insecure third-party applications, the cloud vendor isn't responsible for ensuing breaches.
    Tarun Eldho Alias, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There's been pushback in recent years as more moms on social media show the chaos and compromise of parenthood, but still, past research suggests moms looking to social media for guidance are often left feeling insecure.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And in the height of summer, with an extra air conditioner pumping in the corner, the heat from the semi-exposed kitchen can make the dining room feel slightly steamy.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a good amount of pedaling and a few exposed, high-stakes areas.
    Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Assailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailable. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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