sensitivity

Example Sentences

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The container terminals are located at the entrances of the waterway, a proximity that has long magnified their strategic sensitivity despite their formal separation from canal operations.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Given the historic sensitivities involved, we are taking these allegations seriously,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

This sensitivity makes quantum systems difficult to operate and even harder to expand.

From Science Daily

Because of this sensitivity, shifts in their populations can serve as early warning signs of ecological disruption.

From Science Daily

"All pre-2017 investments they thought would not attract tax are now at high risk of scrutiny," he says, declining to be named owing to the sensitivity of his clients.

From BBC