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Examples of combination shot in a Sentence
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And of all the vaccines to skip, the routine combination shot for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) is a headscratcher.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
Today, Americans get one formula based on the original coronavirus strain that emerged in 2020 for their first two or three doses — and their latest booster is a combination shot made by Pfizer or Moderna that adds omicron protection.
—Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe but expect a combination shot that adds protection against a version of the super-contagious Omicron variant to the original vaccine.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022
The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe but expect a combination shot that adds protection against a version of the super-contagious omicron variant to the original vaccine.
—Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2022
Pfizer also is studying a combination shot, what scientists call a bivalent vaccine, with some data expected later this month.
—Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022
Earlier this month, for instance, the National Institutes of Health announced the start of a clinical trial (in collaboration with Moderna) that is testing six different booster regimens, four of which involve a combination shot.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2022
Dogs can receive a vaccine for canine distemper as young as six months, and boosters are given every year in a combination shot known as DHPP that also protects against several other diseases.
—Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
Should there be a separate omicron booster or a combination shot?
—Lauran Neergaard, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of combination shot was
circa 1909
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“Combination shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combination%20shot. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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