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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
What’s the problem, as President Donald Trump emphasized? — David N. Simon, Chicago
Reversal on Elon Musk
The protests and violence directed at Tesla dealerships and the cars themselves are clear signs of the sickness of the supporters of the far left in our society.
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Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s no true villain in the movie, just a sickness unleashed upon the land that the heroes need to dispel, brought forth by people with good intentions but whose actions prove disastrous and uncaring toward the equilibrium between humanity and spirits.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
That sickness is caused by a virus typically spread by rats and mice.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
And how people can like this guy is— that's a sickness, actually.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
There’s no true villain in the movie, just a sickness unleashed upon the land that the heroes need to dispel, brought forth by people with good intentions but whose actions prove disastrous and uncaring toward the equilibrium between humanity and spirits.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
That sickness is caused by a virus typically spread by rats and mice.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
And how people can like this guy is— that's a sickness, actually.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sickness
Noun
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The Twins got there by beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Saturday night at Target Field, getting a strong performance from Joe Ryan — who dealt with a violent illness earlier this week.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025
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His ultimate goal: save tens of millions of lives, especially those of women and children suffering from HIV, malaria and other deadly illnesses.—
Jennifer Earl,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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Besides being nuisances, many types carry diseases including West Nile virus, encephalitis, and canine heartworm.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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Minnesota newborns will soon be screened for a disease that can lead to delays in developmental milestones, regression of skills, seizures and in some cases death.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2025
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Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Lesser symptoms, which often clear over a few days, can include: — Muscle soreness. — Headache, nausea, stomach upset and other post-concussion types of symptoms. — Mild confusion, memory slowness or mental clouding. — Dizziness, balance problems.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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The threadbare plot is set in motion when Tesfaye’s screen-self (henceforth referred to as Abel) loses his voice while touring, a real-life incident forced here into heavy-handed metaphor as an existential ailment symptomatic of his deeper issues with himself and women.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Djokovic struggled with his fitness and had a reputation for pulling out of matches with various ailments.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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On one level, this flurry of proposals to ills that have been festering in California and domestically for years is more posturing than problem solving.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Protectionists presented tariffs as the essential policy to quicken the development of manufactures as well as a remedy to the social ills that afflicted the emerging industrial working class.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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Symptoms of measles include a fever, rash, cough, fatigue, runny nose and red eyes.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Slowly the night dragged on as my thoughts, aches, and fever kept me company.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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“Sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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