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fragility

NOUN
frangibleness
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The wars in Iran and Ukraine have laid bare the fragility of energy supply chains, and Greece is positioning itself to become a key hub in southeastern Europe for natural gas transport.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

They trade price signals, often identically reducing diversification and increasing fragility.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

He was speaking to a separate issue—his belief that the predicament of dementia speaks to a fragility that we all share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Jones in Kansas City worries about the fragility of a system that relies on children never getting sick.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

All was shrouded in a zone of privacy and fragility, where my mother never scrubbed me too hard.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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