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as in illness
the condition of not being in good health
she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life
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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning
a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nation's elm trees
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as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting
the sickness that many women feel during the early months of a pregnancy
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Recent Examples of sickness
As a result, thousands of immigrants relying on the benefits now face the risk of hunger and sickness, experts say.
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Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Became waiflike, wearing sickness like face paint.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Additionally, before the split, five adult males died, possibly of sickness, which might have severed key social connections.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
The killer is sick after all, and the medical work of diagnosing that sickness turns out to be inseparable from the process of catching him.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Became waiflike, wearing sickness like face paint.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Additionally, before the split, five adult males died, possibly of sickness, which might have severed key social connections.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
The killer is sick after all, and the medical work of diagnosing that sickness turns out to be inseparable from the process of catching him.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickness
Noun
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Gauff battled an apparent illness during the Madrid Open, even taking a medical timeout in the Round of 32 over the weekend.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency can include fatigue, muscle weakness, frequent illness and low mood.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Overall, about half of children with the disease are infected during birth, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said, while others caught it from family members.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some people may experience nausea or diarrhea from high-dose supplements.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
24 Apr. 2026
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Side effects may include middle ear infection, nausea, dizziness and procedural pain.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Manager Craig Counsell described this hamstring strain as mild, explaining Thielbar said this is a less-severe version of the ailment.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lee awkwardly slid into home and banged up his quad in the process, a minor ailment that resulted in him being lifted from the game in the eighth inning.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And this one guy at this one firm can't solve all of his industry's ills.—
Sam Yellowhorse Kesler,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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Even as professional coders are becoming increasingly enthusiastic about the power of AI coding tools, many end users still see them as a boogeyman to instantly blame for any and all observed ills in the tech industry.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Levi’s World Cup fever is heating up.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (2022) dropped its kitschy, hip-swiveling subject into a delirious fever dream that at the very least made its messy screenplay interesting.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickness. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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