as in contagious disease
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Noun
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Measles cases spread across U.S. The rise in measles cases in Kansas comes as the highly contagious disease spreads across the United States.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2025 -
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases worldwide, per the CDC.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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He was hospitalized again for several days in March 2023, this time for a pulmonary infection.—
Henry Chu,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some of these projects supported research on AIDS prevention and HIV, alcohol use, and SARS-CoV-2 infection.—
Renata Daou,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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Cases have also been reported in areas where the virus has not been historically located, such as the coffee-growing Caldas region, according to the president’s office.—
Fernando Ramos and Sanika Tank,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Peter Krause’s Captain Bobby Nash sacrificed his life to save Chimney (Kenneth Choi) after they were both infected by a deadly virus.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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In dense neighborhoods, the events play out like a contagion.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Contagium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagium. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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