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inoculate

[ih-nok-yuh-leyt] / ɪˈnɒk jəˌleɪt /
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immunize
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During Strategy’s first-quarter earnings call in May, Saylor said the company would “probably sell some bitcoin to fund a dividend just to inoculate the market, just to send the message that we did it.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

This underscores why technology like mRNA vaccine scaffolds, the technology used to inoculate against COVID, is so important.

From Salon May 20, 2026

Yoga instructor Rudd likes to call attention to the area’s cowboy roots and remind participants that the site they’re on was once used to inoculate, disinfect and brand cattle.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2025

Haffkine developed a vaccine to combat the plague and Saklatvala went door-to-door, convincing people to inoculate themselves.

From BBC Oct. 19, 2024

“But inoculate yourself against the memory serum, okay? As soon as possible. Matthew can help you.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

The familiarity inoculates them against the fear, which may then become fascination.

From Scientific American Sep. 18, 2022

The spike protein triggers an immune response in the human body that inoculates against infection.

From Washington Post Aug. 26, 2022

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised lockdowns would be "less likely" once the country inoculates 70% of its population above 16 years, which now stands at 19%.

From Reuters Aug. 2, 2021

“Injecting places like the Wing Luke into society inoculates against bigotry and racism and hatred,” he says.

From Seattle Times Jul. 25, 2021

Matthew inoculates people against the memory serum all throughout the day, Cara and Caleb and Tris and Nita and Reggie and himself.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

The government and Unicef launched an emergency vaccination campaign in April in certain regions, and have so far inoculated more than 18.4m children.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

And many American doctors initially opposed the procedure as dangerous, medically unproven, and expensive because of physicians’ often-hefty fees and the cost of maintaining facilities for quarantining people temporarily after they were inoculated.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Even in difficult conditions, the plants treated with fungi survived longer than those that were not inoculated.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2026

A new recommendation passed by the committee will tell parents of most infants to consult with doctors about whether their babies should be inoculated at birth.

From Barron's Dec. 5, 2025

“I’m not inoculated for anything in this century.”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Rabbi David Baron of Temple of the Arts wishes to create a global curriculum on “altruistic behavior”—his way of inoculating the young against extremism—in honor of the 1.5 million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Another collaborator, Deb Cabin, who studies prion disease at the McLaughlin Research Institute, flew out from Great Falls, Montana, to instruct them on inoculating the mice with infectious prion.

From Science Magazine Mar. 21, 2024

I knew, as many historians knew before me, that free and enslaved West Africans on both sides of the Atlantic were inoculating against disease before the early 18th century.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2023

It also illustrates just how effective he has become at inoculating himself against political fallout by setting expectations and controlling the narrative.

From Seattle Times Jun. 9, 2023

“You can’t remember, Polly, when we first started inoculating for smallpox.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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