flu season
noun
: the time of year, and especially the winter, when many people get influenza and other mild illnesses
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Want to work in a retirement community during flu season?
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Audrey Dutton, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Want to work in a retirement community during flu season?
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
Last flu season, less than half of kids were vaccinated against the flu, a decline of over 20 percentage points from the 2019-2020 season.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
October marks the official start of flu season, but the virus has yet to start spreading widely.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
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Audrey Dutton, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Want to work in a retirement community during flu season?
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
Last flu season, less than half of kids were vaccinated against the flu, a decline of over 20 percentage points from the 2019-2020 season.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
October marks the official start of flu season, but the virus has yet to start spreading widely.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flu season
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“Flu season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flu%20season. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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