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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assailable
Adjective
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Ukraine says that would amount to surrender and leave it undefended if Moscow attacks again.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025 -
For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada built a close, prosperous partnership—standing together in war, mutually fueling their economies through trade, and maintaining the world's longest undefended border.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Over the next seven years, the Kings have all of their own first-round picks along with unprotected first-round picks from the San Antonio Spurs (2027) and Minnesota Timberwolves (2031).—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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Child protective services would be cut, leaving vulnerable children unprotected from child abuse and neglect.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Insulated pots can also provide a bit of extra protection for root systems that can be susceptible to extreme temperature swings, Vater says.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
2 June 2025
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Most aren’t susceptible to personal appeals with no payback.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Last year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are considered human beings and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death, leading fertility clinics throughout the state to pause IVF treatments.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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Its purpose is to hold employers, housing providers and others liable for practices that disproportionately harm vulnerable groups.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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The same software defects that have plagued computer systems for decades can also affect space systems; file upload issues, backdoors, spoofing, remote code execution (RCE), unsecured protocols, spoofing, hijacking, SQL injection, and insecure authentication are of special concern.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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McNeeley drilled 43 percent of his unguarded catch-and-shoot 3s for UConn.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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His career hamstrung by bipolar disorder and stints in psychiatric hospitals, Johnston first found acclaim as an unguarded and guileless songwriter in the late ’80s with tunes that cut instantly to the emotional quick.—
Grayson Haver Currin Eli Durst,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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What with everything from specific PIN codes being flagged as insecure, an FBI warning of a new and highly dangerous attack threat, and Google advising about mobile threats targeting Android users.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger Arabella Stanton's role as Hermione, a clever but socially insecure Hogwarts student, marks the young actress' onscreen debut.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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The exposed brick walls are freshly painted ecru, and new oversize picture windows splash sunlight onto the furniture, like a 1950s coffee table with fanciful Jacques Blin tiles on top and some inevitable scuffs on its wood legs ($8,200).—
Craig Kellogg Ashok Sinha,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Beneath her blazer, the Princess of Wales styled a light blue, button-up collared shirt with exposed cuffs.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Assailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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