pandemic
Example Sentences
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That was followed by the Covid pandemic, which stopped cross-border travel.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Those employee productivity gains, the analysts said, likely came from the increase in digital-shopping demand during the pandemic.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
After the coronavirus pandemic canceled Coachella in 2020 and 2021, fans were excited to be back at the polo grounds in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Shields, who lives in New Jersey, started feeling more comfortable financially only during the pandemic when, like many other Americans, she got raises at work and her expenses went down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The other two are nouns as well as adjectives: epidemic refers to something widespread in a particular community or population, and pandemic to something that has spread to an entire country, continent, or beyond.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.