as in contagious disease
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Noun
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Today, however, some preventable, contagious diseases are making a comeback as vaccine hesitancy — often fed by misinformation — pushes immunization rates down.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025 -
So two responses were in motion to deal with an extremely contagious disease that threatens small children the most.—
Brandy Zadrozny,
NBC news,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Wen: The symptoms appear to be similar to infection with other variants.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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Older adults, people with weak immune systems and pregnant women and their newborns are especially susceptible to the infection.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
18 June 2025
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No human cases of the virus have been reported in Will this year, and this is the first batch of mosquitoes to have tested positive in the county, a health department news release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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All of these environments can harbor bacteria and viruses that cling to the wheels, handles, and fabric.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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Research shows that emotional contagion isn’t limited to face-to-face encounters.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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His death fixation seems more of a motivation than does Angry Alan’s quasi logic, which grips him through his laptop—even though the director Sam Gold and the video designer Lucy Mackinnon underline these moments of contagion by flooding the stage with a projection of glitching red static.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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“Contagium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagium. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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