- plural of defense.
defenses
Example Sentences
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The AI company hasn’t committed to Hugging Face’s proposed remedy: that OpenAI release a full log of the rogue agents’ actions and commit $100 million of compute for the platform’s community to build cyber defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Over time, the human body became remarkably good at guarding its energy reserves through complex biological defenses wired into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Schmidt, an entomologist who specialized in insect defenses, created the sting-pain index which ranks stings from a harmless 0 to an excruciating 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Many of the archaic DNA segments were concentrated in genomic regions connected with immune defenses and metabolism, Moorjani said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The quaver in her voice melts my remaining defenses.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
