How to Use liability in a Sentence
liability
noun
- The company is trying to limit its liability in this case.
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The provider of the technology has to share some of the liability with clients.
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Byjohn Kell,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2023
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The longer a blade, the more its weight becomes a liability.
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Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
13 Nov. 2018
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And this only works if the debt is the liability of only one of the spouses.
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Susan Tompor,
Detroit Free Press,
13 May 2020
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This can make the dog feel in danger and put the business at liability.
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Bryce Airgood,
Detroit Free Press,
12 July 2018
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The seller must obtain a release of liability from the lender to avoid remaining on the hook for the loan.
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Ben Eisen,
WSJ,
28 Aug. 2022
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Now, the profession as a whole needs to work out how to deal with this new liability.
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James Vincent,
The Verge,
13 June 2023
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The fast fashion brands are lobbying hard to take the brand liability piece out of this.
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Julia Gall,
Marie Claire,
12 Sep. 2021
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The platforms are able to track their own data and manage the liability risks.
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WSJ,
4 Jan. 2021
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But the press conferences have since come to be seen as a liability.
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W. James Antle Iii,
Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2020
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Due to his past, his siblings look at him more as a liability.
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Tamara Fuentes,
Seventeen,
26 Feb. 2019
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That would have made for much less of a mess today, and much less civil liability.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
12 July 2023
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Through two games, the defense that was thought to be a strength may be the Colts' biggest liability.
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Akeem Glaspie,
The Indianapolis Star,
19 Sep. 2021
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The back line were far from convincing from first minute to last and once again proved a liability for the Gunners.
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SI.com,
30 Oct. 2019
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Soon, their bottom line failed to keep pace with their debt liabilities, and their pile of debt began to grow.
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Dr Bs Ajaikumar,
Quartz India,
18 Feb. 2020
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Always use a payment provider like Stripe that will take the liability away from you.
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Expert Panel,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2022
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Too much liability and money at stake in their day jobs, right?
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Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
12 June 2019
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With liabilities in dollars, most funds want to be paid in the same currency.
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The Economist,
21 June 2019
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His hair-trigger temper and smart mouth make him a liability with the cameras rolling.
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Barbara Vandenburgh,
azcentral,
13 Nov. 2019
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Disclaimers have not been found to have shielded them from liability in most of those cases.
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Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Apr. 2022
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Ford has trimmed its pension liabilities by almost half in that same time frame.
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Rebecca Greenfield,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2023
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Pitt asked the judge to absolve him from personal liability — to no avail.
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Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Apr. 2023
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That line of reasoning might not be enough to shield it from legal liability.
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Anjali Kamat,
The New Republic,
21 Mar. 2018
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Zeitler had a strong season, maybe the best among any of the starters, but Villanueva was a liability.
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Mike Preston,
baltimoresun.com,
3 Feb. 2022
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And their quick-strike offense has become a force, rather than a liability.
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Rustin Dodd,
kansascity.com,
21 June 2017
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Maryland couldn’t hide some of its liabilities in the midfield.
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Mike Preston,
baltimoresun.com,
26 May 2018
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Trespassing across my boundaries would be a strict-liability tort in the field of boundary law.
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Dan Rosen,
The New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2021
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True freshman Bo Nix was a liability in the first half.
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oregonlive,
1 Sep. 2019
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While the distribution is taxable, that tax liability can be spread out over the next three years.
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Anna Bahney,
CNN,
8 Apr. 2020
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In fact, its past deceit is now one of its greatest liabilities.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Apr. 2018
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