susceptibility

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Sad to say, there could hardly be a better time to bring back Mr. Letts’s stealthy, slow-burning 1996 play about the human susceptibility to paranoid delusions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

To explore this question, the recently published study examined metabolites in the blood of mice that varied in their susceptibility to obesity and diabetes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

And susceptibility to that isn’t about intelligence or education.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

Other research, the study noted, has found “greater male susceptibility to cortical atrophy and neuroinflammation under stress, which aligns with our findings of heightened pandemic-related brain aging in males.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Here I must make a distinction between two types of susceptibility.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann