chronic

Example Sentences

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After decades of eating too much unhealthy food, the average middle-aged American is living with multiple chronic conditions and paying unsustainable healthcare costs to receive sick care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Its initial focus will be on B-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus—a chronic condition where the immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

The tendency to justify women’s chronic underpayment rather than address it reproduces inefficiencies that come at a high cost to America’s families, organizations and broader economy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

The report said that pollution by nutrients from agriculture and wastewater was "a longstanding, severe and chronic problem that affects the economy, society and environment".

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Hence the real problem in understanding China’s loss of political and technological preeminence to Europe is to understand China’s chronic unity and Europe’s chronic disunity.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond