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
But Truncale said a campaign contribution link on the email turned the communication into a campaign activity not protected by immunity in Bonta’s official capacity as attorney general.
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Janie Hair, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Borneo The music therapist became the first person ever voted out of Survivor after being considered the weakest member of the Tagi tribe due to her stumbling in the immunity challenge.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Kyle hurt his leg during the season’s very first immunity challenge, trying to get up a wall, and never recovered.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
After the show's first immunity challenge, the Cila tribe was sent to tribal council where season one and season eight returning player Jenna Lewis-Dougherty was sent home.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Janie Hair, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Borneo The music therapist became the first person ever voted out of Survivor after being considered the weakest member of the Tagi tribe due to her stumbling in the immunity challenge.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Kyle hurt his leg during the season’s very first immunity challenge, trying to get up a wall, and never recovered.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
After the show's first immunity challenge, the Cila tribe was sent to tribal council where season one and season eight returning player Jenna Lewis-Dougherty was sent home.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
Noun
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Both OpenAI and Anthropic say users’ health information is kept separate from other types of data and is subject to additional privacy protections.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Avoid a short, no-win situation in mid-May, then buckle up for popularity, heightened ambitions, new clarity and cosmic protection over all.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The act made clear the exemption no longer applies to MLB players’ salaries and other aspects of big league employment—an important point given that MLB is expected to lock out players in December following expiration of a collective bargaining agreement with the MLBPA.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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In some cases, correcting exemptions can have a larger impact than protesting the market value.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
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The country maintains the region’s largest missile stockpile, combining MRBMs, maneuverable warheads, and decoys to strain defenses.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Orders from European nations such as Poland and Romania have powered massive gains in the sector as countries on the continent increase their defense spending.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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This was no coincidence — a security source told Channel 12 that a daylight strike was chosen to surprise Tehran, which was expecting any strike to occur at night.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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The administration and Anthropic disagree on who controls AI usage in domestic security and battlefields.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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The supine Republicans who now controlled both chambers of Congress gave him cover, while a decade of evading consequences lent his presidency an aura of near total impunity.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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The impunity of the powerful was measured by the inefficacy of the outraged.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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