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as in orientations
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 disclosures
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 exposures
To photograph the northern lights, keep your setup as steady as possible, since the auroras are best captured with long exposures.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
These compounds act like a defense system for your cells, helping neutralize oxidative stress, a type of damage caused by inflammation, stress, and environmental exposures.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
To create the 4-cent stamp, photographer Harold Davis backlist the flowers, combining multiple images from different exposures, according to an USPS news release.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
This is absolutely the case for food chemicals, but also in other contexts involving chemical exposures.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Those exposures occurred in hospital and urgent care settings, according to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Every day that passes without a new hiccup in credit land allows the anxiety over private credit and small-bank exposures to off-balance-sheet lending structures to dissipate a bit.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
The two larger bedrooms come with a pair of closets, while the smallest bedroom, which may have been carved out of the ginormous living area, has double exposures and can easily work as a nursery or office setup.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 18 Oct. 2025
Stocks sink on concerns about regional bank loans US stocks turned lower on Thursday as jitters spread on Wall Street about credit market turmoil and regional banks’ exposures to bad loans.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
These compounds act like a defense system for your cells, helping neutralize oxidative stress, a type of damage caused by inflammation, stress, and environmental exposures.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
To create the 4-cent stamp, photographer Harold Davis backlist the flowers, combining multiple images from different exposures, according to an USPS news release.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
This is absolutely the case for food chemicals, but also in other contexts involving chemical exposures.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Those exposures occurred in hospital and urgent care settings, according to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Every day that passes without a new hiccup in credit land allows the anxiety over private credit and small-bank exposures to off-balance-sheet lending structures to dissipate a bit.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
The two larger bedrooms come with a pair of closets, while the smallest bedroom, which may have been carved out of the ginormous living area, has double exposures and can easily work as a nursery or office setup.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 18 Oct. 2025
Stocks sink on concerns about regional bank loans US stocks turned lower on Thursday as jitters spread on Wall Street about credit market turmoil and regional banks’ exposures to bad loans.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exposures
Noun
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Steininger and Yurkevich then divided the parameter space of orientations into approximately 18 million tiny blocks, and tested the center point of each block to see if its corresponding orientation produced a Rupert passage.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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OmniBook x Flip, a 2-in-1 laptop that can do it all, featuring a spacious 16-inch display with a sharp 2K resolution that will never leave you squinting, pinching to zoom, or switching orientations to better see what’s on your screen.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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As of the June 30 reporting period, Chakrabarti has $244,051 in cash on hand, according to campaign disclosures.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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Beyond Tuesday’s news, here’s a look at what else happened recently that has already given the trial shape — from who will be called to the witness stand, to which financial disclosures will be discussed, to the likelihood of a settlement.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Because of delays, Peter, having committed to spending a year in Israel, turned to me to manage all aspects of this sprawling project.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Osaki grew up in a multigenerational home with traditional Japanese American grandparents whose emphasis on achievement seeped into all aspects of life.—
Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Exposures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exposures. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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