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as in eruption
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as in infectious
exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others
the little girl's giggles were epidemic, and soon the entire gathering was laughing
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Recent Examples of epidemic
Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
During a November 2019 measles epidemic that killed 80 children in Samoa, Kennedy wrote to the country’s prime minister falsely claiming that the measles vaccine was probably causing the deaths.
—Kff Health News, Twin Cities, 9 Dec. 2024
Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year and leaving countless families devastated in its wake.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
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The effort eventually articulated five key aims: Combat America’s chronic disease epidemic — especially cancer, diabetes, and heart disease — by tackling its root causes: poor diet, environmental toxins, and inadequate health care.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
During a November 2019 measles epidemic that killed 80 children in Samoa, Kennedy wrote to the country’s prime minister falsely claiming that the measles vaccine was probably causing the deaths.
—Kff Health News, Twin Cities, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The family had agreed to pay $6 billion to opioid epidemic victims in exchange for being shielded from future civil lawsuits.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year and leaving countless families devastated in its wake.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epidemic
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The industry has been dealing with years of elevated prices and lower inventories since the coronavirus pandemic.Michael Wayland, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Predict shutdown in 2019, ahead of the global COVID pandemic.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The seasons of the Sun 🌿☀️🍂❄️ Just as Earth has seasons, our Sun moves from times of frequent eruptions to stretches of relative quiescence.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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These displays are the result of eruptions of electromagnetic radiation, or solar flares, and bubbles of plasma that often burst along with those flares, or coronal mass ejections.Ty Roush, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Raw milk and some types of raw cheese can be a source of many kinds of germs, and lab tests show that bird flu virus in raw milk can be infectious.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Taking place in a heavily quarantine world, a 'rage virus' was unwittingly released from an animal testing facility and unleashed on the public, turning them into vicious, cannibalistic killers with highly infectious properties.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Needless to say, Orlok will make the trip to Wisborg — arriving in Germany like a plague, with Thomas all but crawling back home to his wife behind him — long before Western society will learn to accept that denying human desire is less a collective victory than a personal self-defeat.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Otherwise, butterfly larvae would be like locusts, like a plague.Outside Online, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Los Angeles lawsuit recalls that Buzbee represented several victims of the 2005 explosion at BP's Texas refinery, which killed 15 workers and injured 180.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. when an explosion and underground fire in a manhole on Elm Street required a power shutdown to most of the capital region, according to Eversource and Tina Varona, spokesperson for Hartford Hospital.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
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Disease, pestilence and death: Has unsealing King Tut's tomb unleashed an ancient curse? Fox Nation's 'Tales of Terror: The Curse of King Tut' unravels the media frenzy that came on the heels of uncovering the Egyptian pharaoh's ancient tomb and the devastation that followed.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes, what happens at the border — contraband, counterfeit items, illicit drugs, agricultural pestilence and non-native plant species — stays at the border.Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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One cyber company on an upswing is Fortinet (FTNT), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., with well over $5 billion in annual revenue.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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The Chiefs continue to be on an upswing in driving more women to buy tickets, merchandise and engage with team accounts across social media.Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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The average premium increase is estimated around 7%, according to a report from insurance research site ValuePenguin.com.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The study, led by researchers at the University of Queensland and published by Nature Communications, attributed 60% of the increase in emissions to India, the US, and China.Carlton Reid, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Epidemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epidemic. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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