How to Use STI in a Sentence

STI

noun
  • But the tS is imbued with enough STI-ness to make a case.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • And to be clear, there's no extra power here, no gigantic wing that takes out flocks of birds, and no pink STI badge on the trunk.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There are some key steps midlife women should take to avoid getting and spreading an STI, Rivkin and Malekzadeh said.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2025
  • This is the most common curable STI and is caused by a bacterial infection.
    — Heidi Cope, Health, 23 Aug. 2025
  • This is the second most common bacterial STI, and antibiotics can clear it.
    — Heidi Cope, Health, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Experts told Flow Space that these approvals are major shots across the bow in the fight against increasing STI rates.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Human papillomavirus is the most common STI overall.
    — Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Sure, that's technically true; only Subaru can name something STI.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • When a student comes in concerned about a genital rash, blisters, discharge or pain with urination, STI testing is part of the workup.
    — Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Despite these advancements, STI rates in the United States continue to rise.
    — Care Resource, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Some centers also provide ultrasounds or STI testing.
    — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Only one of the five public health nurses needed to fully staff the STI clinic remains with the health department, a spokesperson said.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Epstein also said that Gates had wanted to try to give that STI medication to French Gates in secret.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In men, the STI can inflame the epididymis, also sometimes causing infertility.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That's a big heap of money for a WRX with no additional power than others and no STI badge, except on the gauges and shift knob.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The Hell’s Kitchen center would be designed to expand access to rapid, high-quality HIV and STI care.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Similarly, science is evolving for STI prevention options.
    — Kenneth H. Mayer, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Some feel guilt or regret, while others are fully comfortable with their physical intimacy but are shocked by an STI or pregnancy diagnosis.
    — Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Unfortunately, each year Congress suggests cutting funding to both STI and healthcare access programs.
    — Casey Pinto, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
  • The vast majority focus on STI testing and treatment, contraceptive services, and cancer screenings.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In the show, The Beauty is an STI that transforms a person into someone physically perfect, but with deadly consequences.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Research has linked it not just to vaginal symptoms, but also to fertility, pregnancy outcomes, STI risk, gynecologic cancers and more.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 May 2026
  • The comic tells the story of an STI —which may or may not be a governmental bioweapon—that makes whoever is infected extremely beautiful before ultimately killing them.
    — Lucy Ford, Time, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Advertisement Federal funding for STI prevention has seen drastic cuts since the early 2000s.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Delaying preventative care like cancer screenings or avoiding emergent care like STI treatment is going to make Americans sicker, Verma stressed.
    — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 12 July 2025
  • The panel issues key recommendations on cancer screenings, STI testing, counseling and other preventive services.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Spoken by Milan to Allura while waiting for STI tests from a doctor supposedly not accepting new patients before 2040.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In Broward County, a contract worth more than $2 million supported an STI testing and treatment center operated in partnership with the county health department.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Chlamydia is the most common bacterial STI in the world, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
    — Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Family planning services include contraception, pregnancy testing and counseling as well as confidential STI testing and treatment.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025

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