as in powerlessness
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susceptibility
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This historical performance underscores the stock’s susceptibility to macroeconomic uncertainty.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025 -
The cuts include a study on how to improve tobacco regulatory science to reduce health disparities, a study to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural communities, a study on neurobiological susceptibility to peer pressure and drug use among teenagers, and a study on malaria in Africa.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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“Helplessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helplessness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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