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Noun
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Turkey's $930 billion banking sector survived institutional fragility, but survival required regulatory forbearance, foreign capital exodus, and years of credibility rebuilding that remains incomplete.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Extreme weather is just one of the circumstances that can reveal the fragility of unsheltered homelessness.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Trump’s hot pursuit of immigrants in American cities requires an unmasking not only of ICE operatives, but of the flimsiness of his narrative.—
Time,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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None of that is especially new, but what makes this moment different is the utter flimsiness of it all.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Diaphanousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaphanousness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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