How to Use exposure in a Sentence
exposure
noun- He risks exposure to ridicule by saying such things in public.
- The candidates are competing for television exposure.
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In Asia, direct exposure to the risks from the U.S. failures seemed slim, at least so far.
— Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 14 Mar. 2023 -
While there is no vaccine available, the disease can be prevented by limiting tick exposure.
— Lauren M. Cuénant, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Prohibiting smoking is the only way to fully protect us from secondhand smoke exposure.
— David Stempel, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024 -
This rust remover eliminates scale rust and deposits from automobile parts that can develop rust buildup over time from exposure to rain and direct sunlight.
— Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2023 -
These products allow investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin without owning the actual coins.
— Lisa Loud, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 -
And kudos to Tyler for never forsaking his outsider status for the sake of mainstream exposure, or capitulating to any hip-hop trends over the past decade.
— Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024 -
The statute of repose is most commonly used in product liability law to limit exposure of companies decades after a product went to market.
— Erin Cox, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 -
The fire department’s hazmat team returned to evaluate the building for potential substance exposure.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023 -
The company continues to monitor interest rate and foreign currency risks, with strategies in place to manage exposure.
— Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 -
The discoloration is caused by prolonged exposure to sunlight, which is unavoidable unless your vents are situated in a windowless room, or your drapes are permanently drawn.
— Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023 -
By dramatically shortening the flight time, this kind of craft would make space travel safer by limiting crewmembers’ exposure to cancer-causing space radiation.
— Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023 -
To be playing in front of that amount of people and have that kind of exposure was crazy.
— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2023 -
It can be charged through solar exposure or through the hand crank.
— Meredith Woerner, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024 -
They’re supposed to help make up for the loss of light exposure and ease symptoms of SAD.
— Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2023 -
Even short-term exposure can land you in the emergency room.
— WIRED, 19 June 2023 -
Cameron: Some of my first exposures to music were in car rides with my parents.
— Ryan Reed, SPIN, 1 June 2023 -
The ideal exposure time, then, may be somewhere in the middle.
— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 May 2024 -
The surveillance industry, in France and elsewhere, stands to gain a lot from the exposure.
— IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2023 -
In low light, cameras need to use slower shutter speeds to get a bright enough exposure.
— Brandon Widder, The Verge, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Symptoms appear seven to 21 days after initial exposure to the virus, which can last in the air for up to two hours.
— Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024 -
Two seconds exposure could capture two or three beats of the heart, the act of breathing, movements of the diaphragm or motion of joints.
— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Others believe he was caught in a snowstorm and died of exposure.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023 -
And dogs tend to live alongside us, sharing our exposures.
— Alex Janin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023 -
His events were the first real exposure for a lot of talented young boxers who were trying to make their way up the ranks.
— Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The group with limited access gorged themselves for the full hour of exposure.
— Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2024 -
That’s way too late to avoid most food allergies through exposure.
— Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Paint, stickers, and toys that glow in the dark after a period of exposure to light exploit this time lag.
— Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023 -
These symptoms can appear between two and 14 days after exposure to the virus and can range from mild to severe.
— Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
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