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contagion

[kuhn-tey-juhn] / kənˈteɪ dʒən /


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Private credit markets are on that watchlist, he said, though he sees no signs yet of the kind of contagion that would threaten the system at large.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Ducournau wants to illustrate how fear itself can be a deadly contagion, a reality anyone who lived through those terrible times already knows too well.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Many have their own restive populations to contend with and fear contagion and chaos if the Iranian regime falls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Nonetheless, the contagion effect from AI into the bond market has been abrupt and “started getting real” within the past two weeks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Thus we removed ourselves as best we could from the ring of contagion.

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