How to Use person-to-person in a Sentence

person-to-person

adjective or adverb
  • The virus has not been found to spread person-to-person.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 1 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • However, Shah said there is no evidence that person-to-person spread has happened so far.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 31 May 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
  • At present, no person-to-person transmission of Alaskapox has been documented.
    Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Pickle offers a same-day courier system, standard shipping or person-to-person delivery when in the same city.
    Deborah Belgum, WWD, 28 June 2024
  • If there were a lot of person-to-person spread happening, having that system switched on would mean detecting that spread early — perhaps at a stage when it could still be contained.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The bacteria can be spread by a fecal-oral route, person-to-person contact, and contaminated food and water.
    Amanda Sealy, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Samantha’s still thinking about the straightforward value of her business, like the game of capital is ever about the straightforward flow of person-to-person commerce.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But these services, also known as person-to-person payment platforms, pose risks to their users and to the financial system, regulators say.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Before 2020, advances to eradicate TB, which is spread person-to-person through the air, were underway globally.
    Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Patients in a health care facility may be exposed to the bacteria through person-to-person contact or through ventilators or catheters, the CDC said.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The fungus can spread from person-to-person or through contaminated surfaces or equipment.
    Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Wen: Similar to Ebola, Marburg is spread via direct person-to-person contact.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And last week as well, the Biden campaign announced a complete turnaround on the question of door-to-door canvassing, perhaps the gold standard of person-to-person political campaigning.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Wire transfers aren't the only ways these scams go down: Phishing attempts also can trick consumers into using person-to-person payment apps to transfer their money to crooks.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
  • While infections do not spread from person-to-person contact, symptoms can include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and other symptoms of pneumonia.
    Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The retired teacher has created his own hobby/part-time job: person-to-person letter carrier.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
  • That made sense: With the world glued to their screens and hungry for entertainment, celebrities needed more content — ideally with smaller crews that would limit person-to-person contact.
    Jeff Gage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But, the boxes are meant to compliment, not cannibalize person-to-person alcohol sales.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

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