precarious
Example Sentences
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The Federal Reserve looks all but certain to hike interest rates on Wednesday, even though it would risk making the large U.S. debt burden more precarious to manage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Not only because the Cardinals represented as close to a gimme as the Chargers are going to get on their precarious schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
While it’s unclear if that happened here, Trump Jr. put himself in a precarious position, Montoya said.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Beyond small vendors, the informal sector also includes large numbers of people employed without a contract or social security coverage in artisanal trades, security, the restaurant industry or cleaning, who face a precarious existence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
And yet, all the time, I think we must have had an idea of how precarious the foundations of our fantasy were, because we always avoided any confrontation.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vocabulary lists containing precarious
Grade 11, List 3
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A Doll's House
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John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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