precarity
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It’s lonely at the top, as the saying goes, and many executives have described to me a sense of precarity that their predecessors didn’t face—at least not to the same extent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Even as millennial showrunners themselves find success and approach middle age, precarity is taken as a given in the stories they tell.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Further cross-border exchanges between the two sides have strained the truce agreement, highlighting the precarity of the ceasefire.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
Announced in June of 2021, the deal came after healthcare products shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the precarity and weakness of the healthcare supply chain.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
Indeed, in a follow-up post he redefined his argument as applying to “the hidden precarity for many American families.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
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