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frailty

[freyl-tee, frey-uhl-] / ˈfreɪl ti, ˈfreɪ əl- /


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As the struggling men and women in “Land” endure defeat and distrust victory, it is their frailty as much as their strength that wins our sympathy and holds our attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Kirkwood recently led a long running study focused on reducing frailty in older mice.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

"In the United States, the prevalence of frailty in the non-nursing home population ages 65 and older is about 15%," Kirkwood says.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Singing in a delicate falsetto, his voice conveys some of the frailty of age, lending the song a powerful emotional punch.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Determined not to let his frailty and his stature stand in his way, in high school he went out for every sport he could think of, mastering none but playing all of them tenaciously.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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