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Recent Examples of immunize
Similarly, in a study of women who were immunized against the human papillomavirus at age 12 or 13, none developed the disease later.
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Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Texas state health officials are strongly urging the public to be immunized with two doses of the vaccine against measles, which is primarily administered as the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
About 90% of Jackson County kindergarteners for the 2023-2024 school year were immunized against measles, according to the latest data available from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2025
The alliance provides vaccines for half of the world’s children and has immunized more than 1.1 billion additional children and counting in the past 25 years.
—Seth Berkley, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
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Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Texas state health officials are strongly urging the public to be immunized with two doses of the vaccine against measles, which is primarily administered as the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
About 90% of Jackson County kindergarteners for the 2023-2024 school year were immunized against measles, according to the latest data available from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2025
The alliance provides vaccines for half of the world’s children and has immunized more than 1.1 billion additional children and counting in the past 25 years.
—Seth Berkley, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunize
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The society began assuming many of the responsibilities previously provided by the county, signing contracts with cities across the region to take in strays, help with spaying and neutering, return lost animals to their owners and enforce licensing and other rules.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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If the tax code is going to be enforced by machines, and the preparation calculated and handled by the same, the rules those machines follow should be legible and contestable, argues Andrew Leahey.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The company’s shares have risen more than 7% this week as Meta’s deal to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy has reinforced the view that demand is increasing as the tech sector hunts for electricity for its data centers.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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This fiscal year, the program issued more than $12 million in federal funding to nonprofits, municipal police and state agencies to bolster safety for all users of the road.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2025
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Democrats on the House Small Business Committee have urged the Trump administration to bolster support for small businesses and ensure that federal programs are adequately funded, while also seeking to remove barriers to funding.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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But being diversified, according to Martins, helps buttress the company against macro headwinds, and the various business units of JHSF share many of the same customers.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025
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The involvement of Lakeland PBS, a member station in northern Minnesota, is meant to buttress the lawsuit’s arguments.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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And our change needs to continuously reenforce a fluid future.—
Paige Francis,
Forbes,
5 Apr. 2021
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Access to art, child development interactions, free resources for pre-education, hands-on activities - all of these offerings compliment and reenforce our future leaders and customers.—
Paige Francis,
Forbes,
20 June 2022
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Like the citizens of Gilead no longer accustomed to a world of unlimited fashion choice, we’re inured to the Handmaids’ livery.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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By the 1970s, inured in the culture of the moment, progressive reformers were driven to do something in Baltimore and across America that many of their peers would have considered anathema a decade earlier: rein in the authority of the purportedly wise men running powerful institutions.—
Marc J. Dunkelman,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ureña, a hard-throwing right-hander who was signed on Tuesday to help fortify a bullpen that has been ravaged by injuries, replaced Dreyer with a runner on first and one out in the sixth and gave up a single to Pete Alonso.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
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Bristol Myers Squibb on Monday made a splashy move to fortify its drug pipeline.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
2 June 2025
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But in sunny Southern California, many of our native plants adapted to hot, dry summers by choosing that time to go dormant.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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He’s got his blindspots defensively, but has the physical traits to adapt to the Premier League.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Immunize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunize. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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