epidemic

Example Sentences

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At the same time, chronic pain remains a widespread and costly condition, often described as a 'silent epidemic.'

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

"I know there's sort of a fly-tipping epidemic," he said, "but that takes the biscuit, doesn't it?"

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Fear, misinformation and stigma shaped public attitudes, while the epidemic continued to claim lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The trial was selected as a "bellwether" proceeding, the outcome of which establishes a precedent for resolving other lawsuits that blame social media for fueling an epidemic of mental and emotional trauma.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

In an epidemic those people with genes for resistance to that particular microbe are more likely to survive than are people lacking such genes.

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