liabilities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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With “Beef,” Lee links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
“Beef” links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Some of the SpaceX-specific liabilities appear to be tied to prepayments for launch.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
The federal government overall—considering the Fed and the Treasury together—would have exactly the same assets and liabilities with the same overall risk profiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Indeed, Dobzhansky recognized that natural variation was a vital reservoir for an organism—an asset that far outweighed its liabilities.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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