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Recent Examples of immunity Yoon has presidential immunity from most criminal prosecutions, but the privilege does not extend to allegations of rebellion or treason. Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025 Under South Korean law, a sitting president has immunity from most criminal prosecutions, but the privilege does not extend to allegations of insurrection or treason. Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 Support municipal immunity from liability from cyberattacks. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025 But because the Sacklers did not personally file for bankruptcy, the Supreme Court ruled in June that granting them permanent civil immunity was outside the purview of bankruptcy law. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for immunity 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
Noun
  • The Trump administration’s decision Sunday leaves hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in danger of being sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The law carves out protections for pregnant women who obtain the drug without a prescription to take on their own.
    SARA CLINE AND GEOFF MULVIHILL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers have carved out exemptions over the years to allow a small number of flights at the airport that are beyond the 1,250-mile limit, including flights to cities like Phoenix, Austin, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Denver.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Income tax would have been withheld if the employee had claimed no more than one withholding allowance or had not claimed exemption from withholding on Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • An offensive-minded, proficient pick-and-roll partner is exactly what the doctor ordered for the second-year Frenchman — and Fox consistently driving into the teeth of defense with a trailing Wembanyama could be devastating for opposing teams.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Baylor freshman guard Robert Wright sliced through the KU defense for 24 points, 20 the second half.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That gets you licenses to install security for five devices, plus VPN protection for those devices.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2025
  • At least one of Patel’s clients, the clothing company Shein, was established in China, a country U.S. authorities have described as a national security threat.
    Brian Slodysko, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The pontiff and Voltaire discussed the dire situation in Haiti, where gangs have killed civilians and operate across the Caribbean nation with impunity.
    Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The decision amounted to a sweeping cloak of impunity for Trump supporters who upended the country’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power by trying to overturn his election defeat four years ago.
    Michelle Price, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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