combination shot

noun

: a shot in pool in which a ball is pocketed by an object ball

Examples of combination shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 28 Mar. 2024.

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