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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
Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
By then, community health was a major interest for international donors, who saw it as a low-cost and effective way to fight major disease epidemics.
—Gioia Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 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
Unlike the visible opioid epidemic or the tangible tobacco wars of the 20th century, this crisis is just as insidious.
—Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
By then, community health was a major interest for international donors, who saw it as a low-cost and effective way to fight major disease epidemics.
—Gioia Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 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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Who possess enthusiasm for their subject matter is more than infectious, people capable of turning curiosity into inspiration.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Crack replaced political corruption as the No. 1 plague at the street level.Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
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The Russian government is avoiding mobilization like the plague, engendering clever (but still desperate) ways to pad the ranks.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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This isn’t a new phenomenon - as far back as 2013, a fake report of explosions at the White House caused the S&P 500 to lose $130 billion in market capitalization within minutes.HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Although initially estimated in 1959 to generate a blast equivalent to six megatons of TNT, the device yielded a 15 megaton explosion—allegedly the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated by the US.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 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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A lot of the increase has been driven by women’s sports.Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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But several former chiefs with deep experience in LAFD tactics said most of the more than 40 available engines could have been pre-deployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started, while others were kept at stations to help with the increase in 911 calls.Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Epidemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epidemic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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