How to Use contagion in a Sentence

contagion

noun
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  • People have been warned to keep out of the area to avoid contagion.
  • The best way to avoid contagion is to get tested and get the vaccine.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Here and here and here are some examples of the contagion.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The country may now have fewer tools to fight the next contagion.
    — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Sounds a lot like the FTX contagion that romped through the financial world.
    — Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
  • From Portugal to Spain to Greece, the flames have spread like a contagion.
    — Wired, 21 July 2022
  • Yet, despite the paths of contagion leading back to the U.S., the disease was contained.
    — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • The first test for the biggest companies in tech will be contagion from their peers.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • The worst fears of an unchecked financial contagion have eased.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The fear of contagion — the viral spread of suicide through social groups — hung over the school like a miasma.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There is an emotional contagion in which the mere reactions of players can shape the events on the field—for good and bad.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Her partner, who had been around her unmasked at the height of contagion, never got sick.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The episode and potential contagion beg the question of whether Wintermute might be next to fall.
    — Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In support of this link, a 2020 study found that people are more likely to catch the contagion among family and friends.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the most prominent leaders in the crypto space blame the firm's missteps for 80% of market contagion.
    — Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Well, despite the turn in the calendar to the back half of 2022, little seems to have changed so far to assuage fears over contagion in the cryptoverse.
    — Declan Harty, Fortune, 7 July 2022
  • But the global contagion put that decision on the back burner.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Investors across the globe should worry about contagion.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Some claimed the Silvergate contagion would have been reduced if crypto risk had been spread out among more banks.
    — Mark T. Williams, Quartz, 12 July 2023
  • The Fed managed to keep contagion from spreading further.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And is there really a trans contagion spreading among youth?
    — Seven Graham, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The at-risk bank can no longer operate, and its collapse risks causing a massive contagion across the industry.
    — Stephane Lintner, Fortune, 2 May 2023
  • Though just three midsize banks failed, fear of financial contagion spread across the banking system.
    — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • Stock and bond prices for other U.K. banks show little evidence of contagion.
    — WSJ, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In short, there is very little concern today over the possibility of a run on a bank or a widening contagion.
    — Bytil Schuermann, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • But throughout history some have used their public platform to spew the plague out loud and spread the contagion to dangerous effect.
    — Shirley Halperin, Variety, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The doctors knew a mere 15 days of social distancing and other precautions would not be enough to bring the contagion under control.
    — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • If local governments were unable to service their debts, the contagion could spread even more widely.
    — Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • While concerns about further contagion are sure to persist, the sale to UBS avoids a disorderly collapse.
    — Marion Halftermeyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Think of yourself as a node for social, political, and moral contagion.
    — Aaron Regunberg, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2022

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