contagion
Example Sentences
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But he added that the risk of wider contagion now was low "because of how the virus works, and because of how the Spanish government has prepared to avoid any problem".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
"The risk of contagion for the general population is low," health minister Mónica García repeated on Saturday.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
As funds are gated, investors have been running to raise liquidity from other funds, creating a contagion effect.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Private credit markets are on that watchlist, he said, though he sees no signs yet of the kind of contagion that would threaten the system at large.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 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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