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inoculate

[ih-nok-yuh-leyt] / ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪt /
VERB
immunize
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This underscores why technology like mRNA vaccine scaffolds, the technology used to inoculate against COVID, is so important.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Saylor, Strategy’s founder and executive chairman, raised the possibility, telling investors, “We’ll probably sell some bitcoin to fund a dividend just to inoculate the market, just to send the message that we did it. ‘

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

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

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Knowing that Cohen is their most problematic witness, prosecutors spent not just Monday and Tuesday, but most of the trial, trying to inoculate him against the defense’s attacks by leaning into his scumbag reputation.

From Slate • May 14, 2024

“And it’s a better model for having the option to select particular members of a population to opt out—you inoculate them, the virus spreads within twenty- four hours, and it has no effect on them.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth




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