systemic

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Raman was labeled a “progressive LA City Councilmember focused on housing affordability, homelessness and systemic reform,” while Bass was “incumbent mayor of Los Angeles, veteran legislator, focused on homelessness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Private credit is not a systemic crisis — but it does warrant careful evaluation and selectivity.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

It highlighted systemic risks in public procurement and limited competition for the largest contracts which make up five percent of Hungary's GDP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In both films, Byrne plays a down-on-her-luck mother trying to make the best of an impossible predicament, rallying against systemic failure while fighting to keep her head above water.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

What makes an insecticide a systemic is the ability to permeate all the tissues of a plant or animal and make them toxic.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson