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
Other issues include susceptibility to diseases and pests, weed invasion, uneven growth among plant species, and potential nutrient deficiencies over time.
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Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
All of them have the same susceptibility to certain pests.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
What has changed is not human susceptibility but machine competence.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
There needs to be more careful selection of judges to vet for susceptibility to corruption, and more transparency in how scores are derived.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
All of them have the same susceptibility to certain pests.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
What has changed is not human susceptibility but machine competence.
—Deb Roy, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
There needs to be more careful selection of judges to vet for susceptibility to corruption, and more transparency in how scores are derived.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for susceptibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for susceptibility
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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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Key Takeaways Afternoon and evening exercise improves blood sugar control and insulin sensitivity more than morning exercise, especially for people with type 2 diabetes.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2026
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Insulin sensitivity tends to decrease at night, meaning that your body isn’t as efficient at transporting sugar from your bloodstream to your cells.—
Gavin Escott,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Susceptibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/susceptibility. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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