as in protection
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
the suspect refused to name his partners unless he was granted immunity
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Recent Examples of immunity
State prosecutors refused Walker-Yeager’s request for immunity on the basis of self defense.
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Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Jake Latimer survived the first figurative strike, losing two tribemates when the Kele Tribe finished last in back-to-back immunity challenges on the most recent episode of the CBS reality competition series.
—Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Apart from the rare individual that survives and develops immunity, symptomatic deer will succumb to EHD within 36 hours.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Both T cells and B cells contributed to the immune response, suggesting the vaccine provided broad, multi-arm immunity.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Jake Latimer survived the first figurative strike, losing two tribemates when the Kele Tribe finished last in back-to-back immunity challenges on the most recent episode of the CBS reality competition series.
—Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Apart from the rare individual that survives and develops immunity, symptomatic deer will succumb to EHD within 36 hours.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Both T cells and B cells contributed to the immune response, suggesting the vaccine provided broad, multi-arm immunity.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
Noun
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In contrast, the magnesium-free glass developed a surface layer that offered little protection, allowing boron to continue diffusing out, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Pass protection has been diddly-poo.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Key achievements include ordinances to provide free legal aid for tenants facing eviction and to ease barriers to property tax exemptions.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Assemblymember Damon Connolly, D-San Rafael, and other legislators, want to pass a measure that would narrow the exemption for manufacturing projects.—
Kate Wolffe
October 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Investors cheered the improbable rise of the amateur heavy metal drummer and hard-line conservative, who’s expected to increase defense spending, cut taxes, and revive Japan’s nuclear power industry.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths are used to produce high-performance magnets that are essential in defense systems, semiconductors, robotics, and electric vehicles.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The critical role underpins the nation’s defense as the ultimate security guarantee, and at least one of the boats is deployed in an unknown location at sea every minute of every day, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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The five-year plan in focus this week is expected to emphasize China’s economic security and technological innovation in sectors like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, new energy and biotechnology.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Calling Putin’s bluff Russia’s ability to wage war in Ukraine with relative impunity could be nearing an end, with Trump showing increasing frustration with Putin in a clear change from the rapport on show at their Alaska summit in August.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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But as this story makes clear, absolute immunity has bred a culture of impunity that leaves them above the very law they’re meant to enforce.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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