as in infectious
capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another
communicable diseases that are usually transmitted sexually
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Recent Examples of communicable
This is the only way metrics become communicable at scale.
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Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
Measles is one of the most highly communicable infections.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
Measles outbreaks erupted in the U.S. this year because a highly communicable virus, sometimes circulating abroad, infected a rising population of unvaccinated Americans as well as some visitors from abroad who traveled in this country.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
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Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
Measles is one of the most highly communicable infections.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
Measles outbreaks erupted in the U.S. this year because a highly communicable virus, sometimes circulating abroad, infected a rising population of unvaccinated Americans as well as some visitors from abroad who traveled in this country.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communicable
Adjective
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Travolta’s infectious enthusiasm carried over into the movie itself, a semi-autobiographical trifle about his childhood love of air travel.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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His humor, and especially his laugh, was infectious.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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His provisional cause of death was given as multi-organ failure due to infective endocarditis, a rare infection of the inner lining or valves of the heart.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
31 July 2024
Adjective
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Andes is found in South America, specifically Argentina and Chile, and person-to-person transmission has been associated only with close and prolonged contact during the early phase of illness, when the virus is more transmissible.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The human-transmissible strain of hantavirus is not very infectious, requiring prolonged contact with someone already suffering symptoms.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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“Communicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communicable. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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