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Recent Examples of virulence The diminished virulence that the pathogen evolved in response to more of its hosts dying potentially caused these earlier plague pandemics to fizzle out. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 May 2025 The scale score measures the virulence of cancerous cells and tissues in the body, with a higher score meaning the cancer is more likely to spread quickly, as Biden’s has already done. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025 In Canada, modest supply management policies keep farmgate and farmer pay prices higher, while disincentivizing the buildout of fast-paced, crowded and large scale production facilities at the heart of avian flu virulence. Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions. Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018 See All Example Sentences for virulence
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Noun
  • The severity of droughts, flooding, all of that will get worse.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The severity of a sprain depends on how much of a ligament is torn.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But her private letters to her sister Cassandra show a sharper and more astringent person, someone whose cruelty and bitterness were redeemed only by her jokes.
    Lucy Worsley September 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Bitter Mai Tai is a full-fledged neo classic, first bright with lime and rum, then deep with almond, and then—where a standard Mai Tai would fall away with a lingering malic zing—the Bitter Mai Tai rises in a bold third act, humming with bitterness and the banana-funk of the rum.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When faced with Laura’s hostility, what can Cherry do but lose her mind, smash a glass against her head, and tell Daniel that his mother did it?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.
    Rchin Bari, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than avoiding malice, we are called to take responsibility for the impact of our words.
    Andrew Weinstein, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Understand that controlling behaviors may stem from fear and insecurity rather than malice.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Digestive Support Turmeric helps stimulate bile production in the gallbladder, which promotes fat digestion.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This allows bile to drain out of the liver and is used to prevent liver failure.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The virulency of Covid-19 trained even those of us who shop locally out of principal to purchase online.
    Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2021

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“Virulence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virulence. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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