How to Use transmissible in a Sentence

transmissible

adjective

• The virus is highly transmissible to humans.
• The reason for the uptick in kids with Covid-19 is that the delta variant is more transmissible.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 13 Aug. 2021
• Or is this just more transmissible or cause more than the common cold?
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
• At the same time, the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2 has been spreading quickly in the U.S. and abroad.
  — Alan Fram, ajc, 1 Apr. 2022
• That means the variant is two to three times as transmissible as the original strain.
  — oregonlive, 13 July 2021
• The case study provided the world with an early hint as to just how transmissible the new variant could be.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2022
• Omicron, in turn, was about three times more transmissible than the delta variant.
  — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2022
• That’s because Delta has evolved to be so transmissible that other variants can’t keep up with the pace of its spread.
  — WSJ, 10 Sep. 2021
• The researchers suggest this could make the virus more transmissible.
  — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2021
• Since the Delta variant is more transmissible, the number of children and teens catching is higher than in the past.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• The new variants of the virus are much more easily transmissible.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2021
• Delta is the most transmissible of the variants identified so far.
  — NBC News, 4 July 2021
• Why this virus is so much more transmissible does not seem to be a property solely of the Spike protein.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• Meanwhile, the daily rate of new cases has been on the rise over the last four weeks as highly transmissible variants like B.1.1.7.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Apr. 2021
• Second, the Delta variant of the coronavirus has been found, so far, to be one of the most highly transmissible versions yet.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
• But that all changed with the onerous lockdowns of 2022 spurred by the hyper-transmissible Omicron variant.
  — Time, 17 Jan. 2023
• That is even more true now that the new more transmissible variant dominates the country.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
• Even the most careful person will get the most transmissible virus in history.
  — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
• The delta variant is the most highly transmissible strain seen yet, first emerging in India in late 2020 and quickly sweeping the globe.
  — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2021
• They’re expected to be the most immune-evasive, transmissible versions of the virus yet.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022
• The fact that each Omicron subvariant seems to be even more transmissible than the last only adds to the sense of futility.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• Then came the unknowns of new, more transmissible variants.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 10 May 2021
• The election comes as South Korea has been grappling with a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the more transmissible omicron variant of the virus.
  — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2022
• For now, Gates thinks the emergence of a variant more transmissible than Omicron isn’t likely.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
• The highly transmissible omicron variant of the virus is prone to making comebacks.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 31 May 2022
• People still have to take precautions given the spread of more transmissible forms of the virus, experts warn, but the outlook for this summer looks good.
  — Jhodie-Ann Williams, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021
• Studies show that omicron is four times more transmissible than the delta variant.
  — Priyanka Vora, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2022
• Experts said one of the reasons for the rise in cases is the spread of BA.2, a subvariant of the original omicron variant that is more transmissible.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022
• The issue is that this new variant is highly transmissible.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 19 July 2022
• Bounce owners and staff met this week to discuss possible changes in policy, given the highly transmissible omicron variant.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024