How to Use low-risk in a Sentence

low-risk

adjective
  • Here are a few low-risk ways to make between 4% and 5% on your savings now.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • There are typically at least 50 low-risk names left on the list by the time the screening is complete.
    Byjasmine Li, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
  • For people looking for a self-care journal, this can be a discreet and low-risk place to start.
    Michelle Pugle, Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • There are more lucrative, low-risk options out there, with rates that are still at or near their peaks.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Look for low-risk options like bonds and money market funds.
    Nina Derwin, Woman's Day, 5 June 2023
  • Another low-risk idea: Rub a drop or two of raw honey on that tender spot.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Very low-risk nodules only require a follow-up in two or three years.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The Dante Exum signing was a nice low-risk, high-reward swing on a former high draft pick that has been thriving abroad.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 3 July 2023
  • At 30 years old, the four-time Gold Glove third baseman would be a relatively low-risk signing.
    USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But for most low-risk people, your outdoor air will be safe to breathe in moderation.
    Natalie Wallington, Popular Science, 7 June 2023
  • As an example, a low-risk woman with small stage 1 cancer might have a risk of recurrence of 10%.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Drought was the only natural disaster for which home values climbed more in low-risk places than in high-risk places.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The agency’s hands-off approach dates back to an era when these tests were a relatively small, low-risk sector of the health care system.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The midwives’ jobs went beyond attending low-risk births.
    Kelly Grant/the Globe and Mail (canada), San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
  • The banks, which invest deposits in low-risk assets, still had to sell their holdings for a loss as customers rushed to pull their holdings in a panic.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But, the new study’s conclusions can still be easily adapted as a low-risk lifestyle habit.
    Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 17 Oct. 2023
  • However, high-risk strains can cause cancers, and low-risk strains can cause genital warts.
    Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed Rn-Bc, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
  • Building a minimum viable product (MVP) is a low-risk way to see if your business idea has a shot at success.
    Klaudia Zaika, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Men who followed all five of the healthy sleep habits had a life expectancy that was 4.7 years greater than people who had none or only one of the five elements of low-risk sleep, the study found.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Savings bonds are a low-risk investment with a decent return.
    Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 27 May 2023
  • The collaboration is a low-risk way of testing the waters to see what the market will bear and laying the possible groundwork for more to come.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Based on the study’s findings, low-risk HPV varieties are likely to be detected in these screenings.
    Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Certificates of deposit, money market funds and other low-risk accounts have seen their yields swell to the delight of savers.
    The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The cost-plus model offers creators pretty good, low-risk income.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
  • Money-market funds are considered low-risk and invest in short-term debt, such as U.S. Treasury bills.
    WSJ, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This kind of technology is very ubiquitous in both high- and low-risk contexts.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2024
  • In the tug of war between low-risk government debt and higher-risk equities, that was enough of a signal to push stocks higher Wednesday.
    David Uberti, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The facts: Recommendations vary on when to start, but the AHA recommends that all low-risk adults ages 20 and older have their levels checked every four to six years.
    Katherine Hobson, Time, 19 June 2023
  • Neuralink hasn't changed the chip's design yet because the issue was deemed too low-risk to bother addressing, according to the report.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
  • Global Entry is for pre-approved and low-risk travelers.
    Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024

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