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Discover LudwigThe phrase "increases vulnerability to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing factors that make someone or something more susceptible to harm or risk.
Example: "The lack of proper nutrition increases vulnerability to various diseases."
Alternatives: "heightens susceptibility to" or "raises the risk of".
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A low stock of savings increases vulnerability to economic shocks.
As a result, the economy is burdened by extremely heavy debt, which significantly increases vulnerability to recession.
This increases vulnerability to high oil prices, to congestion costs (or, to fight traffic, congestion charges), and potentially to future levies on carbon emissions.
"It may be a common environmental exposure that increases vulnerability to both disorders," said Renee D. Goodwin, the lead author and an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia.
Indexation also pushes down levels of sustainable debt, as it increases vulnerability to exchange-rate adjustments that might otherwise be desirable.Fortunately, in addition to productivity gains, governments still have many ways to make their commitment to future debt repayments more credible.
Heavy binge drinking increases vulnerability to injury [5].
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It's a vicious cycle: environmental degradation fuels poverty, which in turn increases vulnerabilities to human trafficking.
It has also increased vulnerability to disasters, making Kathmandu one of the most earthquake-vulnerable cities in the world.
The result is increased vulnerability to asthma.
Nato ally Turkey will face increased vulnerability to Isis.
The conditions could have increased vulnerability to flu.
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