fragility
- a word derived from fragile.
Example Sentences
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Nearly half of all households fell into a tier “above the asset poverty line,” meaning they “have escaped acute fragility but do not currently have a foundation for resilience and growth.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Population movements, persistent insecurity, and the fragility of the health system continue to complicate efforts to bring the outbreak under control," Anne Ancia, the WHO's representative in the DRC, said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
In contrast to the fragility of wine glasses or the toughness of granite, trees are antifragile—they develop resistance from exposure to stress, to entropy, to risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The monthly figure, she said, "points to renewed fragility in the UK economy, with pressure on both consumers and businesses likely to persist over the coming months".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
All was shrouded in a zone of privacy and fragility, where my mother never scrubbed me too hard.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
