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gesundheit

[guh-zoont-hahyt] / gəˈzʊnt haɪt /


NOUN
sneeze
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Exhaled breath samples were collected daily using the Gesundheit II machine, invented by Milton and colleagues at Harvard T.H.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

And the implications of the absence of the laws, Gesundheit said, are enormous.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

As he built his case, Dershowitz consulted with a tiny circle of confidants, including Shimon Gesundheit, his dissertation adviser at Hebrew University.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

Some of his associates thought of answering "Gesundheit," but others quietly went to the dictionary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Friend wife was deep in the mysteries of Ibsen's latest achievement, "The Rise and Fall of the Hobble Skirt," but she politely acknowledged my first sneeze with the customary "Gesundheit!"

From You Should Worry Says John Henry by McHugh, Hugh




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