IMMUNIZED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

immunized

verb

past tense of immunize

as in enforced

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Turks and Caicos has strict firearms and ammunition laws that are strongly enforced at airports.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Last month, a judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the law from being fully enforced.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026

Definition of enforced

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The Athletics have been the worst team in Major League Baseball for nearly two months and reinforced that point Friday night in their first game since the All-Star break.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Teaching has reinforced my belief that people grow when they are given opportunities to learn, reflect and improve.

— Dr. Asma Al Aufi, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of reinforced

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That could be because New Yorkers are inured to the perpetually temporary structures anyway or because the new designs, despite the day-care-center colors, do a good job of being inconspicuous.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 June 2026
Police initially said there were 10 people inured in the shooting and later revised the number.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of inured

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Still, recent studies have bolstered the case for testosterone’s benefits, for certain conditions, while allaying worries about its safety — particularly concerns about heart safety.

— Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Stocks climbed Tuesday after a cooler-than-expected inflation report bolstered hopes that the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates as aggressively this year.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of bolstered

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Such realism, buttressed by frank discussions of perimenopause and other facts of midlife, helps rather than hinders the show’s ability to transport.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 9 July 2026
In the cases before the Supreme Court as well as the wage case before Hall, there is no suggestion that lawyers intentionally buttressed arguments with phony precedents in order to win an unfair advantage.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

Definition of buttressed

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However, a key flaw in this study’s design was that the researchers adjusted away the differences in prehospital care by comparing patients in similar conditions upon hospital arrival.

— Cal Chengqi Fang, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
Social Security benefits are adjusted annually through cost-of-living adjustments to help those monthly checks keep pace with inflation.

— Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 July 2026

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There’s also a massive best seller (Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko), a cult classic that got adapted into an Oscar-winning movie (Percival Everett’s Erasure), and a middling historical novel (Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time)—none of which has been banned.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
There are many species native to North America and adapted to a variety of growing conditions, so choose one suited to your region.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026

Definition of adapted

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Outside the dojo, on the soccer sidelines, in a packed subway car, stroller braced between the knees, wherever.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1 million people on Saturday and issued high alerts as eastern China braced for Typhoon Bavi, which has brought strong winds and rain to Japan's southern islands and Taiwan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

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