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In doing so, cybersecurity becomes a lasting source of strategic and societal advantage.
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Rohan Sharma, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
However, the use of BMI is controversial among healthcare workers as it was developed in the mid-19th century based on problematic racial and societal biases and does not consider a person's ethnicity, gender or body makeup.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 14 July 2025
Lidia routinely confronts societal prejudices and institutional roadblocks, including ones that force her to work under the supervision of her lawyer brother after the courts bar her from practicing solo.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
The disconnect between the New York Fed’s outcomes by major and the CFA survey findings — which is based on perceptions — is likely due in part to societal expectations, particularly from parents, Watkins said.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 12 July 2025
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Rohan Sharma, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
However, the use of BMI is controversial among healthcare workers as it was developed in the mid-19th century based on problematic racial and societal biases and does not consider a person's ethnicity, gender or body makeup.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 14 July 2025
Lidia routinely confronts societal prejudices and institutional roadblocks, including ones that force her to work under the supervision of her lawyer brother after the courts bar her from practicing solo.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
The disconnect between the New York Fed’s outcomes by major and the CFA survey findings — which is based on perceptions — is likely due in part to societal expectations, particularly from parents, Watkins said.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 12 July 2025
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“Societal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/societal. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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