How to Use bioterrorism in a Sentence

bioterrorism

noun

• It is considered an agent of bioterrorism—and as such, there are few researchers who work with it.
  — National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2016
• Agents like anthrax or smallpox remain among the most feared in connection with bioterrorism attacks.
  — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2019
• But to date, pulling off this sort of bioterrorism has required considerable expertise.
  — Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 14 June 2023
• Finally, future pandemics might be caused by bioterrorism by using agents such as anthrax, or smallpox.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 9 May 2022
• Where did all that funding go and why were those defenses against bioterrorism not more helpful in responding to the pandemic?
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
• Both come from a limited supply meant to be used in the event of a bioterrorism incident, such as the purposeful release of smallpox virus.
  — Tara C. Smith, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2022
• Vaccines and drugs are available in large part because of fears of a bioterrorism attack with smallpox, a close relative of the monkeypox virus.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• The most recent case of bioterrorism in America took place in the aftermath of 9/11.
  — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2019
• The grant was doled out by a Canadian defense program that funded research into tools to combat bioterrorism.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 Jan. 2020
• Some health experts say the chaotic vaccine rollout has also exposed gaps in the country’s ability to respond to a bioterrorism event.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 July 2022
• Interpol says the threat from bioterrorism is real and that criminals now have the capability to harm society.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
• But the shortage does expose a dangerous flaw in the medical supply chains that everyone relies on to counter disease outbreaks or bioterrorism.
  — Morten Wendelbo, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• Many experts agree that the United States remains underprepared for a pandemic or a bioterrorism threat.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The government has long had been interested in developing drugs for protection against agents that might be used in a bioterrorism attack—in this case, smallpox.
  — Judy Stone, Forbes, 28 May 2022
• If the spread of the disease is intentional, as in cases of bioterrorism or bio-warfare, adversaries could target global supplies of crucial treatments.
  — Smithsonian, 22 Jan. 2018
• If the spread of the disease is intentional, as in cases of bioterrorism or biowarfare, adversaries could target global supplies of crucial treatments.
  — Morten Wendelbo, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• Ziemer’s departure, along with the breakup of his team, comes at a time when many experts say the country is already underprepared for the increasing risks of a pandemic or bioterrorism attack.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
• The road to approval has been long for this vaccine, which will likely be stockpiled by some countries — the United States among them — as a hedge against a possible bioterrorism attack.
  — Helen Branswell, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2019
• The microbiologist and bioterrorism expert has worked for more than ten years at the Dallas County public health lab that tests virulent pathogens.
  — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2020
• The school said the lab is one of about a dozen nationwide commissioned by the institute after the 9/11 attacks to study very contagious pathogens as a safeguard against bioterrorism.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
• But after Clinton left office, bioterrorism became a far more pressing threat, in the wake of several anthrax attacks in 2001.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 3 Nov. 2018
• There’s an inherent tension between those goals because advanced AI could harm humans in a variety of ways, from entrenching bias to enabling bioterrorism.
  — Vox Staff, Vox, 8 May 2024
• The recent attention to contagious measles, tuberculosis, Ebola, and other illness outbreaks in the news has once more brought to light the threat that pandemics and bioterrorism pose.
  — Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, some medical experts have warned of the possible introduction of smallpox as an agent of bioterrorism.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2022
• While the threat of bioterrorism is significant, the more likely case is the emergence of a natural pandemic, as was the case of COVID.
  — Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
• DeWine, a Republican, said the bill would hamstring the state from responding quickly to situations that might require a quarantine, such as a bioterrorism attack.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2020
• After 9/11, the people in charge of the stockpile were concerned about bioterrorism—threats like anthrax—and sudden, mass-casualty events like, say, a bombing at the Super Bowl.
  — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2020
• Biotech safeguards our national security by bolstering agriculture and energy production and protecting us from pandemics and bioterrorism.
  — Sen. Todd Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
• Nearly one month into America’s bioterrorism scare, the threat seemed to be receding in the nation’s capital as the Supreme Court reopened to employees on Friday.
  — Associated Press, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2001