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slipperiness





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ALTER: The likelihood of accidents depends on the floor’s “coefficient of friction,” a measure of slipperiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The court also heard that the police had not tested the slipperiness, or co-efficient of friction, of the road surface where the car was said to have lost control.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

In turn, there can be some slipperiness in the way companies talk about their privacy and security promises.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2025

Again, the sort of slipperiness of watching their behaviors and not caught up with: “What’s the age difference here?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

But in the end, it was the fault’s slipperiness that proved the scientific predictions wrong.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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