as in vulnerability
the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent
his aunt's unfortunate susceptibility to viruses meant she was nearly always sick a country parson who had a well-known susceptibility to anyone with a hard-luck story
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Recent Examples of susceptibility
The study posed that ethnogenetic susceptibility and environmental exposure from pollution or endocrine-disrupting chemicals might be contributing factors.
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Disruptions like this demonstrate the susceptibility of our existing navigation systems.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Catherine Stein, who studies genetic and environmental susceptibility to tuberculosis at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that a special MRI technique called quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) can measure levels of brain iron.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Disruptions like this demonstrate the susceptibility of our existing navigation systems.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Catherine Stein, who studies genetic and environmental susceptibility to tuberculosis at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that a special MRI technique called quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) can measure levels of brain iron.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for susceptibility
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Marchand slipped the game-winner through the legs of Stars goalie Casey DeSmith after teammate Evan Rodrigues mentioned a potential vulnerability prior to Marchand’s attempt — the third and last of the Panthers in the shootout.—
Adam H. Beasley,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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This shows how quickly attacks can spread once a vulnerability becomes public.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Lufthansa also commissioned a study conducted by Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, which found the combination of dryness and low pressure also reduces the sensitivity of taste buds for both sweet and salty by 30 percent.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Millions of Americans experience food sensitivities or allergies every year.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Susceptibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/susceptibility. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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