transmissible

Example Sentences

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“In conditions when people are not aware, this virus might be transmissible, especially at the beginning of an outbreak,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

However, it isn’t as easily transmissible as Covid.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

But the 18-year-old said she and her friends had become less worried, as they now know "meningitis is not very transmissible".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Egg prices already are going up due to the accelerating spread of H5N1, a highly transmissible and fatal strain of avian influenza.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

They did not express a firm personal attitude, radical and unified, and transmissible to other times and persons.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George