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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
Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Appropriate countermeasures might be modeled on public health responses to contain epidemics with quarantines, vaccines and emergency intervention.
—Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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
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Noun
The current bird flu strain, H5N1, since emerging in 2020 in Europe has been declared the largest avian flu epidemic ever on that continent and has spread to Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Appropriate countermeasures might be modeled on public health responses to contain epidemics with quarantines, vaccines and emergency intervention.
—Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
One way to disrupt the epidemic potential is to eliminate the virus in sewage.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epidemic
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More than four years after the pandemic upended the global supply chain and made business difficult for manufacturers, companies are doing brisk business.—
Simon Dae Oong Kim,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Facilities have struggled to recruit staff, especially since the coronavirus pandemic.—
Sarah Kliff,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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One possible scenario is an eruption outside of the volcano's caldera—the circular depression that forms a crater at a volcanic summit—as happened in the 2014 eruption.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Plus, scientists are still studying the effects of events like the January 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption, which introduced vast quantities of water vapor and sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Second, dairy cows produce large amounts of the virus in milk, which is highly infectious.—
Kimberly Dodd,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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Onya’s original lyrics were fire and her energy was infectious.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
10 Jan. 2025
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Save the mysterious realm from a spreading plague, form alliances, and defeat monsters in visceral combat.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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The game will let players switch between first and third-person perspectives while investigating a mysterious plague in Eora as an envoy from the Aedyr Empire.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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While the fiery explosion is enough to make Emily and Matt believe that Chuck is dead, her ex-boyfriend and fellow agent Baron (Scott) believes otherwise.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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That 17-point explosion in the fourth quarter was the on-court highlight.—
William Guillory,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Being omnivorous, with a very long and efficient gut, humans coped better than other mammals in the face of pestilence and drought, the better to ensure our survival.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
27 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 after the uncovering of the Egyptian pharaoh's ancient tomb and the devastation that followed.—
Ashlyn Messier,
Fox News,
4 Dec. 2024
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Despite all of that controversy, Hegseth’s prospects for confirmation have been on an upswing for weeks.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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The company’s refinance volume rose in the quarter to $13.3 billion, up from $6.5 billion in the previous quarter, portending an upswing in momentum in the refinance market, even with higher interest rates on the table.—
Alena Botros,
Fortune,
20 Nov. 2024
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That policy had already shifted, but an analysis found the county should go even further to discourage any increases in density in those areas, given how many structures are already at risk.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Given that companies are already big players in economic empowerment globally, even modest increases in their positive impact would make a big difference.—
Kweilin Ellingrud,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Epidemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epidemic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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