adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be exposed to a virus
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Four workers at the facility, though exposed to the virus, never became ill.
be exposed to an infection
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He was exposed to the infection while he was travelling in India.
be exposed to chemicals
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Some of the troops were exposed to chemicals.
be exposed to radiation (= be put in a situation where you are not protected from harmful radiation, especially nuclear radiation )
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The servicemen claimed they were illegally exposed to radiation during atomic tests.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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Where the column crosses an exposed area its flanks are guarded by soldiers, armed with huge jaws and totally blind.
position
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These developments will continue to leave governments in an increasingly exposed position .
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This can leave him in an uncomfortably exposed position , while denying Parliament any effective control.
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There the nectar does not evaporate as quickly as it would if it were in a more exposed position .
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It stood successfully in this very exposed position until December 1755.
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Those at the edges of a stand or in an exposed position were excluded.
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The region's exposed position also means it's often notoriously windy.
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Had the advice of some hon. Members been followed over the years, we might now be in a very exposed position .
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Water well, cover with glass, and leave over winter in exposed position .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Exposed areas, such as the nose, ears, and fingers, are more likely to get frostbite.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A computer with an exposed unearthed metal chassis would fall short of the expectation of safety.
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Invivo, however, it is likely that only posterior mesenchyme is exposed .
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She stood up carefully, feeling the cold air move across her exposed face and hands, and turned around.
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Sometimes the track was exposed , other times tunnelled by rhododendrons and very overgrown.
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The figure landed like a cat, whirling, the knife hinging at Delaney's exposed belly.
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Thin crops on exposed hillsides are better on the smaller supports.
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This item, in short-term use and probably trailing exposed cable, must be teamed with a circuit-breaker.
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This story was first exposed in the August 1973 issue of the New Internationalist.