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Discover LudwigThe phrase "trigger a threat" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used in contexts where an action or event causes a potential danger or risk to arise. Example: "The sudden change in policy could trigger a threat to the stability of the organization."
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Empirical testing shows that this has worked and demonstrates that a species exploited at fishing mortality rates consistent with achieving MSY (F MSY ) would lead to decline rates that would be unlikely to be steep enough to trigger a threat categorization under these new thresholds (Dulvy et al., 2005).
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Therefore, it could be that the overall predation risk was too low and the difference between risks too small to trigger a threat-sensitive response in A. andersoni.
The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, approved by voice vote, had triggered a threat from Riyadh to pull billions of dollars from the US economy if the bill is enacted.
This revision was designed to improve consistency between fisheries limit reference points and IUCN thresholds reducing the likelihood of false alarms where a sustainably exploited species incorrectly triggers a threat listing (Dulvy et al., 2005; Porszt et al., 2012).
A 12-year-old with a gun, unquestionably old enough to pull a trigger, poses a threat equal to that of a full-grown adult in a similar situation," Crawford wrote.
"Killer robots" that could attack targets autonomously without a human pulling the trigger pose a threat to international stability and should be banned before they come into existence, the United Nations will be told by its human rights investigator this week.
Increasing inflammatory response, loss of oxidant/antioxidant equilibrium, ongoing telomere attrition, decline in the DNA damage response efficiency, and deleterious nuclear organization are age-related cellular changes that trigger a serious threat to genomic integrity.
Stockmarkets around the world fell precipitously on February 27th, sparked by a drop of 8.8% in the Shanghai Composite Index, which was triggered by a threat of tighter regulation on trading—later withdrawn.
Part of the discussion was triggered by a threat (plea?) by the founder of the Pandora music service to shut down.
According to the National Coalition Against Censorship, while over 60% of college instructors think that trigger warnings "pose a threat to academic freedom", only 7.5% of them say that students have tried to require the practice on their campus and 15% had students request warnings in their courses.
The American Association of University Professors last year issued a statement condemning trigger warnings as a "threat to academic freedom".
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