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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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Per the researchers’ formula, therefore, holding this ETF for between 10 and 11 years should immunize it from interest rate hikes.

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

But RSV, the leading cause of infant hospitalization nationwide, presents particular risk for the youngest babies, a major reason health experts recommend pregnant women either get vaccinated near their delivery date or immunize their newborns.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 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

For a seller, “fully disclosing essentially immunizes you from liability later.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2023

He has argued that the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause, which shields members of Congress from reprisals for legislative conduct, immunizes him against testifying because the vice president serves as president of the Senate.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2023

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

In court documents, Spring Arbor contends the covid emergency law immunizes it from responsibility for Garrett’s death, even though it was a violent attack that killed him, not the coronavirus.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

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

“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

People who aren’t fully immunized should contact a healthcare provider if exposure happened less than a week ago, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2026

If a pregnant woman wasn’t vaccinated against RSV, officials recommend her infant get immunized.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

Perhaps I could mock Tyler with more credibility if I had not remembered, as I did just now, that to this day I have never been immunized.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

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

From Science Magazine May 20, 2024

The CDC also recommends the Abrysvo vaccine for pregnant people and immunizing babies against RSV with an antibody known as nirsevimab, also known by the trademarked name Beyfortus.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2023

"The AAP supports interventions to increase immunization awareness and recommends that primary care providers encourage and support families in fully immunizing children," the report said.

From Salon Feb. 6, 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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