chiefly Scotland
: secure, safe
also
: dependable
sicker
adverb
chiefly Scotland
sickerly
adverb
chiefly Scotland
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Despite therapy's rapid growth, Americans are growing sicker, weaker, and more divided.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
The costs to care for more uninsured and sicker patients end up coming full circle in all of our health insurance premiums, as well as Medicare and Social Security expenses.
—Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
The Trump administration wants to kill them By Dan Vergano
In the Trump administration’s ongoing race to make the U.S. poorer, sicker and dumber, one more stomp on the accelerator comes from cuts aimed against its federal advisory committees.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
However, others may get sicker and develop chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath, and fluid in their lungs.
—Julia Ries, Health, 26 Apr. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
The costs to care for more uninsured and sicker patients end up coming full circle in all of our health insurance premiums, as well as Medicare and Social Security expenses.
—Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
The Trump administration wants to kill them By Dan Vergano
In the Trump administration’s ongoing race to make the U.S. poorer, sicker and dumber, one more stomp on the accelerator comes from cuts aimed against its federal advisory committees.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
However, others may get sicker and develop chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath, and fluid in their lungs.
—Julia Ries, Health, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Sicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicker. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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