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

Based on this, the researchers hypothesize that genetic variation in ST6GAL1 could affect Paraprevotella levels and, in turn, susceptibility to viral infection.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

Only drilling—which is costly and disruptive—reveals the truth about a site’s susceptibility to collapse.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 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

In the north, in fact, the areas with the poorest natural endowments and the greatest susceptibility to drought were the most populous and successful.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann