How to Use person-to-person in a Sentence

person-to-person

adjective or adverb
Definition of person-to-personnext
  • The virus has not been found to spread person-to-person.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • One volunteer even went person-to-person in the crowd of at least 100.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024
  • No person-to-person spread of the virus has been detected.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Rotavirus is shed in stools and spreads through close person-to-person contact.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • To date, no person-to-person spread of this strain of the virus has been identified, either, the CDC reported.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2023
  • No person-to-person spread of H5 bird flu has been detected.
    — Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The rash can last up to four weeks, with the disease usually spreading through close person-to-person or skin-to-skin contact.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
  • There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of the virus.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of bird flu, and the risk to the general public is low, the CDC said.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Symptoms of lead poisoning can vary person-to-person and can depend on the amount of lead in a product, how often it is used and for how long.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Whooping cough is spread from person-to-person through coughing and sneezing.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 May 2024
  • By contrast, Joe’s lifestyle involves a lot of person-to-person contact, and requires him to adhere to a moral code.
    — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Health officials say there is no evidence of person-to-person spread at this time.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be spread from person-to-person through the air and can stay in the air for two hours after a sick person coughs or sneezes.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Malaria isn't contagious and can't be spread person-to-person.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Shah said the new blood test study does not raise concerns about the possibility of person-to-person transmission.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
  • With the wide interest in rice water for hair health, applications and methods tend to vary person-to-person.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 1 Jan. 2024
  • This person-to-person connection forms bonds that no click funnel, no online course, no book can create.
    — Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Public health officials have not found any evidence that the virus has spread person-to-person, which would mark a dire step in bird flu's evolution.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The disease spreads through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath, according to the WHO.
    — Chris Mueller, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
  • How to Minimize Transmission Rotavirus is shed in stools and spreads through close person-to-person contact.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • However, Shah said there is no evidence that person-to-person spread has happened so far.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • However, there have been no reported cases of person-to-person spread so far.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • No person-to-person spread of bird flu has been detected, but to date the other cases have been mild with no hospitalizations.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Beware of requests for payments through gift cards, person-to-person pay apps, etc. Opinions:Is AI a threat to humanity?
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
  • But other skills that require more person-to-person contact are seeing more demand.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 May 2024
  • Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites and can’t be spread person-to-person.
    — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 27 June 2023
  • Of course, what constitutes a slow run will vary from person-to-person, since slow running is all about effort relative to potential.
    — Amber Sayer, Health, 10 May 2024
  • The same applies to individuals looking to sell their tickets on social media or person-to-person.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Experts have warned that the possibility of mutations in the virus could enable person-to-person transmission.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025

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