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Recognizing this, some oncologists have begun administering drugs with restraint rather than abandon, aiming to keep the cancer in check rather than creating conditions that predispose to the rapid growth of resistant cells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

"The whole team undertakes a standardized warm-up that addresses a number of physical concerns that predispose our female athletes to ACLs," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

Nothing in her environment would predispose her to cancer, except for being in close proximity to the fires.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

It was a pretty standard effort to identify people whose views might predispose them against their client’s contentions.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

Attitudes such as these certainly predispose one to innumeracy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Nor does it hurt that the extraordinary popularity of the Harry Potter movies predisposes much of the audience to sympathy and affection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Studies show that adding sugar to any food for babies or small children predisposes them to having a sweet tooth.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

"On the other hand, if telomeres are too long, it predisposes you to certain types of cancer."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

Few countries in the region even screen for the disease and give affected newborns penicillin as prophylaxis against the infections to which their condition predisposes them, says Ambroise Wonkam, a geneticist at Johns Hopkins University.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 12, 2023

The length of the loins in cattle predisposes these parts to mechanical injury, and in the lean and especially in the thin, working ox the kidney is very liable to suffer.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Certain breeds are predisposed to heart or orthopedic issues, for example, that can be expensive to treat.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Among participants assigned to the low-carb diet, those who were genetically predisposed to higher LDL cholesterol were more likely to experience an increase.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

But he was also predisposed to remedies that would not require what he described as “a priori, the sacrifice of the energy value of oil, gas, and coal.”

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

"This situation could lead to many of the students ending up in a vulnerable situation and predisposed to being further exploited financially or otherwise," Juho Sillanpää, who is leading the investigation, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Both were predisposed to feel that people, and by extension markets, were too certain about inherently uncertain things.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Fifteen potentially harmful and predisposing variants in the same RNF207 and PRKAA2 genes, which had been identified in dogs, were discovered in humans.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023

Which predisposing conditions the person was diagnosed with.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

Many species of Sorbus have a small population size, predisposing them to threatening events.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021

“Climate change is predisposing the fuels into drier conditions,” Stephens said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

Was there anything about the Chinese environment predisposing toward Confucian philosophy and cultural conservatism, which may also have profoundly affected history?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond