as in protection
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
the suspect refused to name his partners unless he was granted immunity
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Recent Examples of immunity
Joseph wrote in her recommendation that while judges have immunity from civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages when engaging in judicial acts, that does not apply to criminal charges like those in this case.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
There’s another reason: The entire concept of population immunity depends on all of us doing our part to keep diseases at bay.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Most have no vaccines or treatments and can cause severe neurological damage, especially in people without natural immunity.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Health officials said that people who have not been vaccinated, have not had a past measles infection, or have laboratory evidence of immunity, are vulnerable to contracting the disease.
—Kansas City Star, 7 July 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
There’s another reason: The entire concept of population immunity depends on all of us doing our part to keep diseases at bay.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Most have no vaccines or treatments and can cause severe neurological damage, especially in people without natural immunity.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Health officials said that people who have not been vaccinated, have not had a past measles infection, or have laboratory evidence of immunity, are vulnerable to contracting the disease.
—Kansas City Star, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
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Additional privacy protections for all users can also be built into the system's architecture, not added as an afterthought.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Frank, 51, has mainly used a 4-2-3-1 formation that offers the defence better protection.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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Further, companies may wish to evaluate their recordkeeping procedures with respect to any articles containing PIP (3:1) to help ensure that any exemptions to the 2024 Rule’s prohibitions are accurately documented and certified.—
Meaghan Colligan Hembree,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Aug. 2025
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During the 2024-25 school year, 4.1% of kindergartners — about 138,000 kids — had a vaccine exemption, surpassing the previous record high of 3.7% during the prior school year.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
31 July 2025
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Emily Andrews, a defense attorney for Thompson, said that the verdict was surprising.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Prosecutors and defense attorneys will always disagree on individual cases, that’s the nature of our legal system.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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On July 4, Trump signed his tax and spending cut bill, providing $350 billion for his border and national security agenda, including for the U.S.-Mexico border wall and for 100,000 migration detention facility beds.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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While still emphasizing performance, reliability and security, Power11 has expanded in scope to address a larger segment of the enterprise datacenter market.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Nevertheless, after several months of the Trump Administration cutting and terminating NIH grants, contracts, personnel and influence seemingly with impunity, this marks the first big, concrete pushback from Congress.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Cab drivers breaking the law with apparent impunity is damaging to visitors to the city, especially since Navy Pier, for all its success, has no light rail or other visitor-friendly transportation to get people over there.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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