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contagion

[kuhn-tay-juhn] / kənˈteɪ dʒən /


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He said Boutcher believed this would have carried an "unacceptable risk" of serious and prolonged disorder, with "a wider contagion effect".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

So far, there is little sign of contagion and the ECB may want to see fiscal consolidation in France first before stepping in, Macquarie adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Edwards reckons the so-called Asian contagion was “entirely predictable” as was the dot-com bubble of the late 90s in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Trouble with its debt "could trigger contagion" across AI finance as a whole, he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

He thinks of poverty as a kind of contagion, and he doesn’t want them to hear about it lest they catch it.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Whether caused by geopolitical conflict, health contagions or extreme weather, supply-chain crises will likely be a permanent fixture of the economy until global supply chains build in greater resilience.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Long ties, which are created through randomly rewired edges that make them 'longer,' accelerate the spread of social contagions.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

The idea is that NTT's e-nose can be used not just to sniff out any contagions, but also how fresh - or not - a foodstuff is.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

After the Ebola epidemic, the world invested in virus-testing equipment and training scientists so that African countries could identify contagions as soon as cases popped up.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023

Slant continues his vigilant practices against its depredations; but other contagions have settled upon us in its wake.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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