immunizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of immunize
as in enforces

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  1. enforces
  2. reinforces
  3. bolsters
  4. fortifies
  5. adapts
  6. adjusts
  7. buttresses
  8. supports
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  • In Kansas City and Independence, each city’s health department enforces the food code while in Kansas, the state’s Department of Agriculture handles inspections.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • The legislation enforces hospitality standards, safety requirements, and requires ships must report criminal activity to the closest FBI field office or international legal attaché office.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of enforces
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  • This scale of disruption reinforces the need for leaders and teams to continually learn and adapt.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Each episode gives Ossoff new material and reinforces the argument Kemp and Dooley made during the runoff that Republicans needed a political newcomer without a long record.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of reinforces
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  • The Justice Department also argues that the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that states may ban transgender girls from female sports team bolsters its case.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • In a broadly sweet, vivacious and gorgeously sung set Tuesday, that sentiment revealed the moral clarity that bolsters her songs about devotion and intimacy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of bolsters
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  • Inside, soy proteins repair and strengthen, copper peptides stimulate keratin production–aka the protein that fortifies and minimizes frizz–and pro-B vitamins amplify fullness.
    — Ellie Davis, Vogue, 25 June 2026
  • The Olive and June product can also be applied daily to bare nails as an intensive strengthening treatment that not only fortifies your claws, but also repairs ridges, discoloration, and pesky peeling along the way.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 3 June 2026
Definition of fortifies
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  • Director Nolan’s 13th feature film, The Odyssey, adapts Homer’s epic poem and follows the Greek hero Odysseus (Matt Damon) on his 10-year journey back to Ithaca.
    — Emma Urdangen, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • And unlike actual jet lag, in which the body adapts to its new environment over a few days, Rishi says there is no evidence that the body ever fully adapts to the shift in daylight.
    — Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
Definition of adapts
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  • Disneyland continually evaluates and adjusts restaurant offerings and prices, according to Disneyland officials.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 July 2026
  • Bryce Eldridge adjusts to the adjustments Eldridge started his career 1-for-17 with seven strikeouts.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of adjusts
Verb
  • The document filed by the Justice Department in the Los Angeles Superior Court case led by plaintiffs Todd and Kimberley Ferrier — whose Pacific Palisades home burned down — buttresses arguments made by the victims’ attorneys.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • That very insight further buttresses the need for a grand strategy.
    — JAMES B. STEINBERG, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Definition of buttresses
Verb
  • The American Friends of Magen David Adom supports Israel’s emergency services system, according to the organization’s website.
    — Caroline Zimmerman July 17, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • February 19 – March 20 Home may need a reset that supports your nervous system, not just the room.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of supports
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