as in contagious disease
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Noun
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As measles cases continue to crop up across the U.S., so too are cases of another highly contagious disease.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025 -
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to humans.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At age 21, Pope Francis had part of one lung removed because of a respiratory infection.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some of these projects supported research on AIDS prevention and HIV, alcohol use, and SARS-CoV-2 infection.—
Renata Daou,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And because all organisms are driven by survival – from viruses to apex predators – this electrome system appears to be the way this forest-wide network of birch trees (Picea abies) inform their neighbors to prepare for an environmental disruption.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Apr. 2025
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Since the acute phase of the pandemic, vaccine manufacturers have been subtly updating COVID-19 shots annually to precisely target the molecular signatures of the newest virus variants, which continually evolve to evade our immune responses.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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In dense neighborhoods, the events play out like a contagion.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Contagium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagium. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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