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transmit

[trans-mit, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /


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"If you could transmit electricity without energy loss, that would be hugely important for technologies used in our everyday life," said Lau.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

We are in a moment when the institutions that produce and transmit knowledge—K–12 schools, universities, archives, and media outlets—are under sustained pressure.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Unlike COVID-19, the Andes virus is much harder to transmit from person to person.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Nuzzo felt "there's too little data" to indicate whether infected people needed to be displaying symptoms -- or be in "close, prolonged contact" -- to transmit the virus to others.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Patients with yellow fever were isolated in rooms with screens on the windows so that mosquitoes couldn’t feed on their infected blood and then transmit the disease to healthy individuals.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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