as in infectious
exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others
the little girl's giggles were epidemic, and soon the entire gathering was laughing
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Recent Examples of epidemic
Scott Peters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
In Japan, health officials recently declared a flu epidemic and closed schools after experiencing an unusually high number of flu cases early in the season.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
The number of colleges cutting back programs, merging and closing has reached epidemic proportions.
—Scott White, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
Our national epidemic of gun violence has terrorized us and taken too many lives.
—Scott Peters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
In Japan, health officials recently declared a flu epidemic and closed schools after experiencing an unusually high number of flu cases early in the season.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
More than two millennia later, health officials are paying new attention to this old condition for a startling reason: myopia has reached epidemic levels worldwide.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
The number of colleges cutting back programs, merging and closing has reached epidemic proportions.
—Scott White, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epidemic
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In a story that is sometimes outweighed by its tragic end, Selena y Los Dinos manages to radiate joy by showing Selena as a human being, vibrating with energy, determination, and an infectious sense of humor.—
Cat Cardenas,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Her infectious laugh regularly pierces the newsroom noise.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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In other words, consumer spending is still strong, accounting for almost 70 percent of United States GDP, median household incomes have been relatively stable for a decade, and poverty slightly down, and household net worth has ballooned since the pandemic by 30 percent.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Palomar, like many medical providers, has struggled to operate in the black since the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing psychiatric services, consolidating labor and delivery in Escondido and delaying promised bonuses to its workers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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And finally, there’s the eruption of the massive youth protest movement in late 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for refusing to wear a hijab.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Geologists believe that the primary trigger was climatic and ocean changes related to large-scale volcanic eruptions in what is today Siberia, Russia.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Cowboys’ defense is bad and Denver’s is good, but all the same, a long dry spell or a continuation of the penalty plague will not end well this weekend.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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Production stopped for five weeks, but that was only one plague.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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For the rest of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, magnetic storms, triggered by colossal solar explosions, repeatedly disrupted those networks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Growing attraction Though specialized e-bike shops have been in operation for more than a decade, their recent explosion in business can be attributed to changes in offerings and price.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Famines, pestilence, crusades, and war.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Judith is the recipient of the pestilence, Agnes stays by her side, Dad is M.I.A.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, there is an upswing in the appetite for mature Bordeaux, which has attained prices exceeding the high estimate at several sales this summer and fall.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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Russell also said a new permanent location, a bit of soul searching from leadership and a continued focus on the community has kept the school on an upswing.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
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For some animals, increases in carbs could cause acidosis and be fatal.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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Managing this amount of data is extremely difficult and requires massive amounts of computing power, but the information is becoming more accurate every day as the number of sightings increase.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Epidemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epidemic. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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