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vaccination

[vak-suh-ney-shuhn] / ˌvæk səˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
immunization
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Jefferson used his political power as president to make the government a major player in encouraging smallpox vaccination around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

According to media reports, the study used hospital patients’ vaccination status to calculate the success of the season’s vaccine, a method long used to determine flu vaccine effectiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

In 1798, English physician Edward Jenner introduced a safer and more effective smallpox vaccination derived from cowpox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

A targeted vaccination programme was offered initially to students in university halls in Kent before being expanded to those who attended local nightclub Club Chemistry where the outbreak is thought to have originated.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Her skin was stretched over her puffy cheeks like shiny scar tissue that covers old vaccination marks.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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