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Recent Examples of brittleness
While the field never went entirely dormant, the collapse of dedicated hardware, the brittleness of expert systems, and the failure of national mega-projects combined to bring about the second AI winter.
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Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
According to the Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials, prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can weaken the hair shaft, leading to dryness, brittleness and breakage—similar to the damage caused by heat-styling tools.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
According to the Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials, prolonged exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can weaken the hair shaft, leading to dryness, brittleness and breakage—similar to the damage caused by heat-styling tools.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brittleness
flimsiness
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This decision throws Carrie’s flimsiness, as the lead character of a franchise three generations of women have absorbed into their own identities, into relief.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Dealing six 2024 draft picks, among other prospects, Preller showed the flimsiness of believing that the Padres’ system ranking in the mid-20s would keep him from wheeling and dealing.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Brittleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brittleness. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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