breakage

Example Sentences

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To reach weapons-grade—93% or higher—the material must be spun in sensitive centrifuges that are subject to breakage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Part of elephants' whisker evolution is to prevent breakage, said Schulz.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Many bones showed fresh fractures caused by blunt impacts soon after the elephant's death, indicating deliberate breakage.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025

Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

The airshaft was topped by a miniature, slant-roofed skylight whose heavy, opaque, wrinkled glass was protected from breakage by heavy iron netting.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith