chiefly Scotland
: secure, safe
also
: dependable
sicker
adverb
chiefly Scotland
sickerly
adverb
chiefly Scotland
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That would leave insurers with a sicker, older pool of people to cover.
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ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
People will seek care later, get sicker, and, tragically, suffer or die unnecessarily.
—Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Here’s how the fraud works: Medicare pays insurers more when patients appear sicker on paper.
—Mark Merritt, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Those people are likely to be relatively young and healthy, leaving a pool of sicker, more expensive patients — leading to even higher premiums in subsequent years.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
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ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
People will seek care later, get sicker, and, tragically, suffer or die unnecessarily.
—Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Here’s how the fraud works: Medicare pays insurers more when patients appear sicker on paper.
—Mark Merritt, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Those people are likely to be relatively young and healthy, leaving a pool of sicker, more expensive patients — leading to even higher premiums in subsequent years.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sicker
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“Sicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicker. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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