sensitive
Example Sentences
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A U.S. military campaign would come at a sensitive time for Iran’s leadership.
From Los Angeles Times
The data breach primarily involved patients' names, phone numbers, and postal addresses, but for 169,000 patients there were doctors' notes "some of which may be sensitive data", the ministry said.
From Barron's
“It is illegal to buy or sell shares in Walmart or our business partners based on important or sensitive inside information,” Walmart says in its employee code of conduct.
From Barron's
The clash comes at a critical juncture for Washington’s tense dealings with Havana, showing how quickly sensitive discussions can be overtaken by unpredictable actors on the margins.
Using their highly sensitive Pico-C method, the researchers mapped the 3D arrangement of the fruit fly genome during these early stages.
From Science Daily
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