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immunize

[im-yuh-nahyz, ih-myoo-nahyz] / ˈɪm jəˌnaɪz, ɪˈmju naɪz /
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perform vaccination
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She scheduled a last-minute news conference with nursing staff from Kansas City Public Schools to plead with parents to immunize their children.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

There are ways to immunize yourself from those higher rates, either by using hedges or holding for a long enough period.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

You can think of many areas where merely sitting abroad is not going to immunize you from the reach of American prosecution.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026

After Epstein’s death, the men used their executor roles—controlling both victims’ compensation and access to records—to try to immunize themselves from personal lawsuits, according to court filings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Being black did not immunize us from history’s logic or the lure of the Dream.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

But her efforts to hold the prosecutor accountable have run into a roadblock at the state’s highest court, which says longstanding court doctrine immunizes prosecutors from civil liability.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

This means that even minor factual differences between the case at issue and prior cases effectively immunizes the officer from accountability.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022

If Omicron safely immunizes people and similarly recombines with and tames more pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 variant, that would be “a best-case scenario,” she says.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 4, 2022

Although he is called an anti-vax doctor, Sears does not consider himself anti-vaccine, and pointed out that he routinely immunizes children in his office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2019

In some we observe that the carrier results from a low-level, incomplete infection with the disease which immunizes him but does not kill the bugs.

From Highways in Hiding by George Oliver Smith

People who are not fully immunized against measles or are unsure of their status should contact a health care provider about receiving the vaccine, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

“It’s a virus that mutates and against which people must be immunized over and over again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Norway, by contrast, after the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, set up a sovereign-wealth fund through a trust structure independent of central government and thus immunized against political manipulation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Older adults who have been previously immunized against RSV generally don’t need to get another vaccine, according to current guidelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

I thought maybe my age, or the presence of the Red Cross, immunized me against the terrors I knew existed in the camp.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Public-health experts have warned against delaying the vaccine or only immunizing the babies of infected women at birth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

To prevent severe RSV in infants, officials recommend either maternal vaccination or immunizing the infant with a monoclonal antibody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

Another question is whether immunizing cows against H5N1 makes business sense for farmers.

From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2024

You tend to forget how extraordinary it is that medical science has been able to develop ways of immunizing us against these brutal childhood diseases.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2023

She is given a list of pediatricians, and coundess brochures on breast-feeding, and bonding, and immunizing, and samples of baby shampoos and Q-Tips and creams.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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