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This treatment clears space in the bone marrow for the incoming cells, but it can be extremely taxing, particularly for older or medically frail patients.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

There are exemptions for being a parent to young children, serving as a caregiver or being medically frail.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The 86-year-old said she was too frail to travel to an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland as she had planned to, saying: "Everything I didn't want to happen I'm having to go through now."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The already frail economy is reeling from an estimated $270 billion in damage to infrastructure from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes—equivalent to about 60% of Iran’s annual output.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

We girls eyed each other, suddenly aware we were frail flesh, fourteen mouthfuls crowding Doña Charito's patio and drinking up her lemonade.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

That made it possible for older, frailer patients to survive with “mini-transplants.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

This previously manifested through mostly vibes-based measures: Does his voice sound a little frailer?

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

All three can also be self-reinforcing over time: people who are lonely and socially isolated may become frailer, and as they become frailer, their sense of isolation and loneliness grows.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024

“The man is frailer than he looks,” Dan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024

When she returned to us in January, Grandma was even frailer, and she needed to be on oxygen all the time.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

These are the sickest and frailest patients - the ones who cannot be sent home immediately after treatment.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022

To date, 78 of Ukraine’s frailest Holocaust survivors, of whom there are some 10,000, have been evacuated.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

Unable to speak, Qawasmi, 24, is the frailest of the six.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021

At Life Care, where elderly and sick people come to heal from broken hips and strokes, or simply to live out their frailest years, the death toll has continued to climb.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020

He was kneeling by the Zanies, the frailest ones, the fuse-points; both of them lay huddled up on the floor.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin