as in exempt
not subject to something to which others are required
The leader was immune to prosecution.
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Recent Examples of immune
If one company spends $300,000 proving its product supports sleep or immune function, every other brand using the same ingredient benefits for free.
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Elise Felicione, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
Cytokines are the immune system’s chemical messengers that fire up immune cells and tell them to fight invaders, like bacteria and viruses.
—Sonya Collins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2026
Apples are a good source of vitamin C, which is necessary for collagen production, immune function, and iron absorption.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
The immune cells retained the inflammatory characteristics that developed when the people had obesity.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
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Elise Felicione, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
Cytokines are the immune system’s chemical messengers that fire up immune cells and tell them to fight invaders, like bacteria and viruses.
—Sonya Collins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2026
Apples are a good source of vitamin C, which is necessary for collagen production, immune function, and iron absorption.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 26 Feb. 2026
The immune cells retained the inflammatory characteristics that developed when the people had obesity.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immune
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The proposal included gradually raising pay to $20 for all workers and making tips exempt from taxation.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Parks are ordinarily exempt from the city’s public drinking ban.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the anxiety over Monday's ruling, Petit said, Haitians under protected status were living amid an uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in areas with large Haitian communities in South Florida.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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Isabella Rodriguez, Florida elections director at Citizens Defending Freedom, said religion is also a protected class.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Immune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immune. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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