contacts

Example Sentences

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Other suspected cases and potential close contacts of infected people are being investigated, according to health authorities.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Navarro still has his cell number in her contacts, but it’s been awhile since she’s called.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

As a precaution, vaccinations have been offered to people identified as close contacts of confirmed cases.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Swiss officials are rushing to trace the contacts of a man who has been hospitalized in Zurich with a strain of the hantavirus that is capable of human-to-human transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Engel’s American contacts were all very respectably pro-Germany, Penn’s less so.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein