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as in vulnerability
the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful some people chronically avoid situations in which there is a high level of exposure to germs

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as in orientation
the state or fact of facing a particular direction this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure

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as in disclosure
the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department

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Recent Examples of exposure Document all cryptographic assets and dependencies in your IAM infrastructure to understand your exposure. Chris Schueler, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Shares have been volatile because Wall Street’s convinced that its data center exposure is all that Dover has to offer. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 May 2025 These ballpark neighborhoods also generate higher foot traffic and more media exposure. Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025 But this is their first exposure to the training room, the weight room, the schedule, the nutrition, the practice. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for exposure
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Noun
  • But the authors found that this advantage when under static compression proved to be a disadvantage when dropping eggs from a height, with the horizontal position emerging as the optimal orientation.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025
  • But the orientation of that plane depends on what happens to the filaments as new streams of gas connect to the same host galaxy.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 May 2025
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  • Bruce said the debt should have appeared as a liability on the union’s annual financial disclosures to the Department of Labor.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • Healey also targeted unit price disclosure regulations that require grocery and retail stores to display information about products in a certain way.
    Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
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  • But perhaps the most dominant aspect of the win came on the defensive end.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
  • On the personal side, that play thing, the aspect of play, and maintaining that play was so important.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025

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“Exposure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exposure. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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