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  • noun Plural form of frailty.

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Examples

  • Five years and a recession later, the debt crisis is a reminder of both the eurozone's short-term frailties and its structural weaknesses.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN CASTLE 2010

  • (and also software solutions) for this are readily available Individual random effects can be included into survival analysis, where they are termed frailties [15].

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anna Kuparinen et al. 2008

  • And even then, given that he's serving better than at any point in his career, his "frailties" need to be put in their proper context.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • And even then, given that he's serving better than at any point in his career, his "frailties" need to be put in their proper context.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • And even then, given that he's serving better than at any point in his career, his "frailties" need to be put in their proper context.

    Wimbledon & Murray's Progress 2009

  • Actually if we explore the reasoning behind these "frailties" of trading, we can clearly see that apart from the first two points, which simply come down to common sense and the correct education, points three through six are actually the result of human emotion, which, in my opinion, is the root of all trading evil!

    FXstreet.com contact@tradingacademy.com (Online Trading Academy 2010

  • In dramatic scenes in Downing Street, the Prime Minister, flanked by his wife Sarah and two young sons, wept as he conceded his own 'frailties' but insisted: 'I have always strived to serve, to do my best in the interests of

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Minister after a dignified brief address before Downing Street staff and ranks of media, in which he acknowledged his own 'frailties'.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • A plea bargain which dropped gun charges against a man now charged with a shooting death at the Duke of York pub resulted from glaring "frailties" in the prosecution case, the Sun has learned.

    halls of macadamia 2008

  • I am not sure I would call the frailties new, but they have certainly been brought into sharp focus. "

    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2008

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