as in protection
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
the suspect refused to name his partners unless he was granted immunity
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Recent Examples of immunity
The revelation came at a congressional hearing last week as the company seeks immunity in the Supreme Court.
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Winning the challenge not only allowed Jonathan immunity but also the power to attend both tribal councils and cast a vote at each.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Daytime Blend supports energy, focus and immunity with a natural strawberry pineapple flavor.
—Ryan Brennan
may 7, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Andrew Pollard, a professor of infection and immunity at the University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, agreed.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Winning the challenge not only allowed Jonathan immunity but also the power to attend both tribal councils and cast a vote at each.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Daytime Blend supports energy, focus and immunity with a natural strawberry pineapple flavor.
—Ryan Brennan
may 7, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Andrew Pollard, a professor of infection and immunity at the University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, agreed.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
Noun
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This is not a narrow child protection measure.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Specifically, Congress put protections in place to ensure that covered programs offer legally qualified candidates for office (both Republican and Democrat) equal time on the public airwaves.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
Noun
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One router maker still waiting for an exemption is TP-Link, which was founded in China but relocated to the US in 2024.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
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Under Florida law, local agencies are generally required to produce records in their possession unless a specific exemption applies.—
Monique O. Madan,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Combined with anemic fundraising, a payment to her former criminal defense lawyer left her with just $11,000 in cash in her campaign account as of March 31.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Hamilton may face Senate scrutiny over his lack of experience leading an emergency management agency, though his defense of FEMA’s federal role has earned respect among disaster management professionals.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Agents, forced to work without pay, called in sick; security lines metastasized, sometimes snaking out to the curb.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Jeanine Pirro were attending the April 25 event at the Washington Hilton when Cole Tomas Allen allegedly ran through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
Noun
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For major criminals, the city seemed to offer not only impunity but also sunshine, an easy life style, and safety.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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The indictment presents a detailed and devastating narrative of how, for years, officials in Sinaloa have allegedly worked hand in hand with mobsters, enriching themselves and allowing the gang to operate with seeming impunity.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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