The phrase "a distinct risk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific and identifiable danger or threat in a particular context.
Example: "Investing in volatile markets presents a distinct risk that investors must consider before committing their funds."
Alternatives: "a clear risk" or "a specific risk".
Immediate removal of the tumor was the only hope, but there was a distinct risk of Isabel's bleeding to death.
The proposed surveillance programme relies on identifying sub-populations of animals with a distinct risk.
There is now doubt that as there is more and more public art, there's a distinct risk that the sheer abundance of the stuff can threaten the aesthetic appearance of each.
Sitting behaviours may, independent of physical activity behaviours, be a distinct risk factor for multiple adverse health outcomes in patients with schizophrenia.
Sedentary behavior is regarded as a distinct risk factor for cardiometabolic morbidity and mortality, but knowledge of the efficacy of interventions targeting reductions in sedentary behavior is limited.
At times the production verges on haunted-house cheesiness (a distinct risk when zombies and red corn syrup are involved) or preachiness, but the overall effect is so horrific and enthralling that you're willing to forgive the excesses.
Additional investigations showed that early male subscribers probably constituted a unique subgroup of people with a higher income and therefore a potentially distinct risk profile, particularly lower tobacco consumption.
Severity of grief reactions may be associated with a set of distinct risk factors.
The data demonstrate that PGD occurs in a significant portion of survivors, even many years post-loss and that the severity of grief reactions may be associated with a set of distinct risk factors.
Enterocystoplasty is associated with a low but distinct risk of malignancy (Greenwell et al, 2001; Ali-El-Dein et al, 2002) and cancers arising within enterocystoplasties are aggressive and associated with an extremely poor prognosis (Filmer and Spencer, 1990).
Comparison with a parallel study of adenocarcinoma indicated a common protective effect of a healthy diet but otherwise distinct risk factors.
