# Protected hedging phrases (upstream chapter §4.2 marked)

The following hedge phrase was marked PROTECTED by the upstream synthesis stage:

> "Adoption rates vary substantially across jurisdictions and institutional types;
> the universal applicability claim is preliminary and pending verification."

Per `shared/references/protected_hedging_phrases.md` rule 3, this phrase MUST
be preserved in the abstract. Compression-time drop is a C1 violation.
