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contagion

[kuhn-tay-juhn] / kənˈteɪ dʒən /


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Hoaxes can also come from copycats, he said, but "three days of incidents is too small a sample to separate coordination from contagion".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Carvão said the web of overlapping investments increases the risk of contagion if a weaker company such as CoreWeave runs into trouble.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

He said Boutcher believed this would have carried an "unacceptable risk" of serious and prolonged disorder, with "a wider contagion effect".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Edwards reckons the so-called Asian contagion was “entirely predictable” as was the dot-com bubble of the late 90s in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“There are carriers, people who are very expressive, and there are people who are especially susceptible. It’s not that emotional contagion is a disease. But the mechanism is the same.”

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Whether caused by geopolitical conflict, health contagions or extreme weather, supply-chain crises will likely be a permanent fixture of the economy until global supply chains build in greater resilience.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

After tuberculosis and COVID-19 cases, both highly infectious contagions, were confirmed there, Escobar said that employees told her not to enter a certain area because detainees had yet to be tested.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

Long ties, which are created through randomly rewired edges that make them 'longer,' accelerate the spread of social contagions.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

The idea is that NTT's e-nose can be used not just to sniff out any contagions, but also how fresh - or not - a foodstuff is.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

Slant continues his vigilant practices against its depredations; but other contagions have settled upon us in its wake.

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


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