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weakness

[week-nis] / ˈwik nɪs /


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An oral version of the treatment is already being tested in clinical trials for age-related muscle weakness.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

“That economic weakness helps explain why the Bank of England is very unlikely to follow the ECB’s decision to hike at its meeting next week,” Aberdeen’s Luke Bartholomew says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

That means investors should compile a watch list of areas they may want to buy on weakness.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Sustained higher inflation could push rates up, but the weakness of the UK's jobs market and sluggish economic growth in general means this is by no means certain.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A weakness, beginning inwardly, extending to the limbs, seized me, and I fell: I lay on the ground some minutes, pressing my face to the wet turf.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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