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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being endangered, as from exposure to disease or from a lack of parental or familial guidance and proper health care.
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Examples
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It would require that a more significant portion of executive pay be dependent on attaining performance indicators - what is often called "at-risk pay."
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He notes that a recent study of Head Start, a federally funded preschool program for at-risk kids, found that most of the program's benefits appear to disappear by the time kids are in first grade.
Early childhood education benefits both kids, taxpayers, study says 2011
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NPS serves 44,000 students in its district and charter schools, most of whom are low-income at-risk, black and Latino students.
David Sciarra: Build On Newark's Progress David Sciarra 2011
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He'd previously volunteered at a homeless shelter and wanted to get involved with a group that served at-risk populations.
Helping Women Toward Recovery Melanie Grayce West 2011
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NPS serves 44,000 students in its district and charter schools, most of whom are low-income at-risk, black and Latino students.
David Sciarra: Build On Newark's Progress David Sciarra 2011
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The numbers are actually 55-6 for at-risk seats scarlos
Reviewing the February 2010 Fundraising numbers. | RedState 2010
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On the bright side, the current ratio of at-risk seats is 53 to 6.
Reviewing the February 2010 Fundraising numbers. | RedState 2010
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What they Planned Parenthood opponents are cutting are safety nets for poor at-risk women, for pre-cancer screenings, for pre-natal care, for early detection of sexually-transmitted diseases, for all the safety nets that keep our families safe.
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Cook just upgraded to fifty-eight the number of at-risk D seats in the House (we have six).
The DNC thinks shooting at Republicans ‘appropriate.’ [And a fundraising opportunity!] | RedState 2010
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Child protection services risk being overwhelmed by a big increase in the number of at-risk children referred to social workers or removed from their families, according to the Association of Directors of Children's Services.
Child protection services becoming 'overwhelmed' Patrick Butler 2010
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