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
Beatty said that measles was so common at the time that people born in that year or earlier are presumed to be immune.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
America is not immune from these problems, as the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002 was tainted with a bribery scandal.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The virus increases immune activity, which ramps up IgA production and leads to an influx of new antibody clumps in the kidney.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t mean America is immune to price spikes.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
America is not immune from these problems, as the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002 was tainted with a bribery scandal.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The virus increases immune activity, which ramps up IgA production and leads to an influx of new antibody clumps in the kidney.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t mean America is immune to price spikes.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immune
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In Connecticut, where groceries are generally exempt from sales tax but many related items, including household goods, personal care products, snacks, alcohol, and pet food, are taxable, under-scanning can directly reduce tax collections.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2026
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If exempt funds have been directly deposited into your bank account, banks are required to automatically protect a minimum balance from being frozen or seized.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The anti-discrimination law, which adds family or relationship structure as a protected class in the city alongside race, religion, gender and other categories, was finalized Monday and will go into effect in mid-April.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sweeney did concede that the uncertainty around two of the four first-round picks (the Toronto pick this year is top-5 protected and the Florida pick next year is top-10 protected) added to the reticence to move any of them.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Immune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immune. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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