immunity
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A 95 percent vaccination rate with the modern, two-dose MMR shot—so named because it also protects against mumps and rubella—is enough to provide herd immunity from measles.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
"That immunity does not extend to other strains of the virus. That means someone infected by one strain of the virus could still get dengue again if infected by a mosquito carrying another strain."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Carney’s experience mirrors that of leaders from Brussels to Mexico City, where pre-emptive compromises have failed to buy immunity from Washington’s trade wrath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Maduro was expected to seek immunity in the civil proceedings as a head of state, The New York Times reported.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Have state or federal officials offered you immunity or clemency if you changed your plea?”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
He celebrated the “government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance—but generously affording to all Liberty of conscience, and immunities of Citizenship.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
An accreditation is a recognition by a government of a diplomat's status, and gives them certain immunities depending on rank.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
Ecuador’s presidency on Friday night also alleged that Mexico’s government had “abused immunities and privileges granted to the diplomatic mission” and granted “diplomatic asylum contrary to the conventional legal framework.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
“The phone records may add to the unease of some judges and justices over the fight over presidential immunities and privileges,” said Jonathan Turley, who teaches Constitutional Law at George Washington University.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing immunity
The Constitution of the United States
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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