contagion
Example Sentences
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As funds are gated, investors have been running to raise liquidity from other funds, creating a contagion effect.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Ducournau wants to illustrate how fear itself can be a deadly contagion, a reality anyone who lived through those terrible times already knows too well.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“That’s especially concerning because the full scale of the potential contagion is still unclear, and may only be quantified when it’s already too late to stop it.”
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Many of Monday’s moves roughly aligned with the situation outlined by Citrini, in which fast-advancing AI tools allow spending cuts across industries, sparking mass white-collar unemployment and in turn leading to financial contagion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
They climbed the nearest tree and searched for the vine that would carry them to the next tree in a contagion that would take them nearly to the compound.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Vocabulary lists containing contagion
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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Between Shades of Gray
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