transmissible

Example Sentences

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“In conditions when people are not aware, this virus might be transmissible, especially at the beginning of an outbreak,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Namely, that this virus is far less transmissible.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

However, it isn’t as easily transmissible as Covid.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The National Trust spokeswoman added: "Decaying marine mammals pose a serious health risk. They can carry a range of diseases that are transmissible to humans and dogs."

From BBC • May 26, 2025

The changes here, it will be observed, are all of an organic kind, they are a part of the animal and are inseparable from it, and they are only transmissible by biologic heredity.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman