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Recognizing this, some oncologists have begun administering drugs with restraint rather than abandon, aiming to keep the cancer in check rather than creating conditions that predispose to the rapid growth of resistant cells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

"The whole team undertakes a standardized warm-up that addresses a number of physical concerns that predispose our female athletes to ACLs," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

Their goal was to pinpoint what biological conditions might predispose some people to the problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

In fact, his real interest was in “all aspects of the environment in which infection transmission occurs and the environmental conditions that predispose to all manner of human disease,” as infectious disease researchers write.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

Attitudes such as these certainly predispose one to innumeracy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Nor does it hurt that the extraordinary popularity of the Harry Potter movies predisposes much of the audience to sympathy and affection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Studies show that adding sugar to any food for babies or small children predisposes them to having a sweet tooth.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

This predisposes them to developing the disease but in itself is not symptomatic.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024

People with two copies of the APOE4 gene, which predisposes to Alzheimer’s, may be at higher risk of ARIA.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 6, 2023

Cold weather only predisposes to the infection, and after it has occurred it is sure to run its course.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Many Americans are predisposed to think that wealthy people earned their money and that it’s churlish to try to take it away from them.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Certain breeds are predisposed to heart or orthopedic issues, for example, that can be expensive to treat.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Exosomes are used to communicate with and activate surrounding cells, and we have now identified a defect in both the production and the quality of exosomes in cells that we know are predisposed to Alzheimer's."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2025

Most had had previous, less severe incidents—or “micro concussions”—that while not enough to send them to a clinician, predisposed them to a bigger event, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025

Eisman was predisposed to suspect the worst of whatever Goldman Sachs might be doing with the debts of lower-middle-class Americans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Fifteen potentially harmful and predisposing variants in the same RNF207 and PRKAA2 genes, which had been identified in dogs, were discovered in humans.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023

Which predisposing conditions the person was diagnosed with.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

Many species of Sorbus have a small population size, predisposing them to threatening events.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021

“Climate change is predisposing the fuels into drier conditions,” Stephens said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

Was there anything about the Chinese environment predisposing toward Confucian philosophy and cultural conservatism, which may also have profoundly affected history?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond