1
as in vulnerability
the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful
some people chronically avoid situations in which there is a high level of exposure to germs
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2
as in orientation
the state or fact of facing a particular direction
this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure
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as in disclosure
the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed
the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department
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Recent Examples of exposure
As Art Basel is for visual artists and the Tribeca Film Festival is for filmmakers, Jupiter Festival Miami aims to be the event that offers crucial networking, exposure and collaboration to the world of creators and digital content producers.
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Caitlin White, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Give the plants plenty of sun exposure and rich soil.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
The goal is to reduce exposure of personnel while maintaining steady supply lines.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
The Takeaway Minimize pollen exposure during allergy season by keeping windows and car windows closed, staying indoors during peak pollen hours, and washing your hair before bed.
—Beth Biggee, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Caitlin White, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Give the plants plenty of sun exposure and rich soil.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
The goal is to reduce exposure of personnel while maintaining steady supply lines.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
The Takeaway Minimize pollen exposure during allergy season by keeping windows and car windows closed, staying indoors during peak pollen hours, and washing your hair before bed.
—Beth Biggee, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exposure
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Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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The vulnerability and exploit code that exploits it were released Wednesday evening by researchers from security firm Theori, five weeks after privately disclosing it to the Linux kernel security team.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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That retrospective orientation is inherent to the model.—
Andrew S. Boutros,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the time Cleveland was writing, editors were beginning to approach alumni magazines with a fresh orientation.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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CopyFail is particularly severe because it can be exploited with a single piece of exploit code—released in Wednesday’s disclosure—that works across all vulnerable distributions with no modification.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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In response, Spotify announced plans last fall to implement clearer AI disclosures in song credits, along with stricter impersonation rules.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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The major aspects of basketball aren’t the reason Philadelphia went down 108-100 to Boston.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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One of the standout aspects of the Avatr 06T is its performance capability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Exposure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exposure. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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