Thesaurus results for SICKNESSES

sicknesses

noun

plural of sickness

as in illnesses

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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Recent Examples of sicknesses And while children, the elderly and those with certain sicknesses or medications are most susceptible to heat illness – these temperatures affect everyone. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 At the end of the day, both doctors agree that hotel stays shouldn’t deter people from traveling altogether, since there are always ways to proactively minimize exposure and subsequent sicknesses. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026 Olena started with the children, the most vulnerable refugees as well as the most likely vectors of new sicknesses in the theater. — James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 The most sicknesses were reported in Michigan. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 The symptoms of our darkest cultural sicknesses become visible. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026 From the moment the kids set foot back at school in the fall, until some time around spring break, parents can expect sicknesses to take over their homes faster than the latest viral slang expression. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Jan. 2026 Pathogens in human poop can remain active for a long time – over a year in outdoor environments – meaning that waste left behind today can cause severe gastrointestinal disease and other sicknesses for future visitors. — B. Derrick Taff, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025 All their triumphs, all their sleepless nights, their loves and hates, their sicknesses, their schemes, their rises to power and their falls from it -- all gone. — Paul Prather, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2016

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There will be a seventh bell-tolling this year, for the thousands who have since died by suicide, or from cancer and other illnesses caused by the ravages of terrorism.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
The initiative aims to bring positivity and hope to children battling critical illnesses.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of illnesses

Noun

Cuts to public agencies have coincided with outbreaks of infectious and foodborne diseases, to the point that the administration is trying to manipulate numbers to hide measles deaths.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Getting enough of that sweet, sweet dream sleep guarded against 83 different conditions, including cardiovascular diseases and various metabolic and psychiatric outcomes.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of diseases

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However, in the same way that one type of physician cannot work for all ailments, one type of school cannot work for all children.

— Claudia Nachtigal, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2026
Many 9/11 first responders alive today feel as Sanchez does, more preoccupied with their survivor’s guilt than their own ailments.

— Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ailments

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Football cannot be expected to answer societal ills, but this is the sort of area in which the club’s foundation does its invaluable outreach work, a place touched by those statistics about deprivation and crime.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But unlike Transcription or George Saunders’s Vigil, the year’s other novel about a rich old man on his way to the underworld, this book doesn’t try to diagnose our collective ills.

— Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

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