susceptiveness

noun

as in susceptibility

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  1. susceptibility
  2. responsiveness
  3. gray matter
Noun
  • Today, most 16- and 17-year-olds who commit crimes are generally handled in juvenile court because policymakers recognize that adolescents differ from adults in judgment, impulse control, risk assessment, and susceptibility to peer influence.
    — Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This offers one possible explanation for teenage risk-taking behavior and susceptibility to peer influence.
    — J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026
Definition of susceptibility
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  • When severe weather strikes, carriers must rapidly scale claims operations while maintaining consistency, responsiveness and estimate accuracy.
    — David Tobias, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Italian outsole manufacturer developed XS Dura to combine the responsiveness expected from a road-running shoe with the traction and durability required on less predictable surfaces.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of responsiveness
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  • The researchers found that London taxi drivers had measurably more gray matter in the posterior hippocampus, a brain area tied to storing large-scale spatial maps.
    — Hatim Sharif, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Research shows that drops in hormones actually shrink the volume of gray matter in a woman’s hippocampus and frontal and temporal cortices, which are key for memory and executive function.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
Definition of gray matter
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