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as in endangered
to place in danger
officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security
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as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay
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Recent Examples of compromised
Email and text authentication are also easily compromised.
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Stephen Bohanon, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
His immune system had been compromised.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The ability to breach one algorithm may also indicate that similar algorithms could be compromised, snowballing this potential crisis across data security providers worldwide.
—Jason McNutt, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The All In number is also compromised by the London government’s turnstile count of 46,476.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Kevin got Darian out because of Madelyn's lie, and then we also were compromised because Kevin lied to us and said Darian wanted to get us out too.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Many users still create simple, predictable passwords or use passwords that have been previously compromised in data breaches.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Using a solution for the detection of reverse-proxy phishing can also alert consumers in real time when their credentials may have been compromised and inhibit the theft of multifactor authentication codes that scammers use to take control of digital accounts.
—Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The White Sox shopped Crochet at the trade deadline this season but those talks were compromised by Crochet’s reported insistence on a contract extension before either moving to the bullpen or working postseason games.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Stephen Bohanon, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
His immune system had been compromised.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The ability to breach one algorithm may also indicate that similar algorithms could be compromised, snowballing this potential crisis across data security providers worldwide.
—Jason McNutt, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The All In number is also compromised by the London government’s turnstile count of 46,476.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Kevin got Darian out because of Madelyn's lie, and then we also were compromised because Kevin lied to us and said Darian wanted to get us out too.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Many users still create simple, predictable passwords or use passwords that have been previously compromised in data breaches.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Using a solution for the detection of reverse-proxy phishing can also alert consumers in real time when their credentials may have been compromised and inhibit the theft of multifactor authentication codes that scammers use to take control of digital accounts.
—Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The White Sox shopped Crochet at the trade deadline this season but those talks were compromised by Crochet’s reported insistence on a contract extension before either moving to the bullpen or working postseason games.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compromised
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The species is classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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In his lifetime, Fleming realized that his discovery could be endangered by antibiotic resistance and warned of the dangers in his Nobel lecture in 1945.Jack Guy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
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The work stoppage had threatened to disrupt supply chains, causing shortages of some consumer goods and supplies needed to keep US factories running.Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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He, his wife and his children have been among those threatened, Crane said.Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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His clean image was marred by scandal in the late 1980s when Garvey divorced his wife, got two other women pregnant, then married a fourth woman, his current wife.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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His victory was celebrated not only as a win for the democratic process in a region marred by a series of recent military coups, but also as the ushering-in of a new and younger political generation in Senegal, where the median age is just 19.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Authorities are investigating a shooting that left two people injured early Saturday morning in Union City.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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The Stanford defense was missing sixth-year linebacker and captain Tristan Sinclair and junior Collin Wright, its best player in coverage, who were both injured.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The yen weakened in its largest single-day decline since June 2022.Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Saddam's Playbook All these sites were targeted by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war and severely crippled the Iranian economy.Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Predictions for holiday spending are beginning to trickle out, but there are a lot of question marks in the air, including a massive port workers’ strike that began Tuesday and has crippled all shipping container cargo on the East Coast.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Matthews devotes one parenthetical sentence claiming rocket launches hurt coastal wildlife.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The public pleas for testing are part of health officials’ efforts to halt the outbreak that has disproportionately hurt Native Americans in the Great Plains and Southwest.Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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