as in virus
sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another
The rumors spread like a contagion.
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Recent Examples of contagion
This time around, investors are focused on a specific type of lending made by banks to non-depository financial institutions, or NDFIs, as the source of possible contagion.
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
There was, in Bernard Bailyn’s wonderful phrase, a contagion of liberty.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
There’s a lower risk of contagion with inactive chronic hepatitis B, while active chronic hepatitis B is contagious indefinitely.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Research on social contagion consistently shows that when enough individuals adopt new behaviors, change accelerates exponentially.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
There was, in Bernard Bailyn’s wonderful phrase, a contagion of liberty.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
There’s a lower risk of contagion with inactive chronic hepatitis B, while active chronic hepatitis B is contagious indefinitely.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Research on social contagion consistently shows that when enough individuals adopt new behaviors, change accelerates exponentially.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contagion
Noun
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In November 2020, Seibt falsely claimed that COVID-19 had not been isolated and that PCR tests were unreliable, alleging they were based solely on a computer model of the virus’s genome.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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But soon, an intruder introduces both suspicion and hope for connection, as loneliness battles with the fear that something considerably larger than a virus is hiding in the dark.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Now the government is out to quash this plague of poor decision making.—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Cowboys’ defense is bad and Denver’s is good, but all the same, a long dry spell or a continuation of the penalty plague will not end well this weekend.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While basic first aid can often ease the pain of a bee sting, according to the Mayo Clinic, those who are stung more than a dozen times can experience a more severe reaction, which includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and lightheadedness.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Barring a late season storm, Duarte and Palazon expect the prices to hold steady, maybe even drop a little, as the first-month fever and novelty dies down.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Contagion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagion. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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