as in virus
sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another
The rumors spread like a contagion.
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Recent Examples of contagion
The impact from this sell-off also sent the easyJet share price down by 3.5%, as investors fear a contagion event.
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John Choong, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Complex contagion may have taken hold, in a malicious way, and begun spreading falsehood throughout the network at a rapid pace.
—Shaon Lahiri, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Social media and hybrid workplaces have made our environments even more porous such that contagion spreads faster—emotionally and professionally.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Instead of the Rage Virus becoming an international contagion, it's revealed the disease's spread was ultimately contained to the UK, where survivors were left to figure things out on their own as the rest of the world moved on.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 20 June 2025
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John Choong, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Complex contagion may have taken hold, in a malicious way, and begun spreading falsehood throughout the network at a rapid pace.
—Shaon Lahiri, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Social media and hybrid workplaces have made our environments even more porous such that contagion spreads faster—emotionally and professionally.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Instead of the Rage Virus becoming an international contagion, it's revealed the disease's spread was ultimately contained to the UK, where survivors were left to figure things out on their own as the rest of the world moved on.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contagion
Noun
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In this sense, AI would act like a virus that mutates against a vaccine.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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This follows mosquitoes testing positive for the virus in the Tyler Park and Highlands neighborhoods earlier this month.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Climate change, poverty, the savaged middle class, plagues and the rise of A.I. need to be faced now with far more vigor than when they were first realized back in my youth.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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What’s the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague?—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
15 July 2025
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Usually, people suffer flu-like symptoms, fever, headaches, muscle stiffness, sometimes confusion and/or seizures.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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Most people who do develop symptoms have fever, headaches, stiff necks, joint pain, body aches, swollen lymph glands, vomiting, diarrhea or a rash.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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“Contagion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagion. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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