Example Sentences

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A review of several studies found that the average cost per measles case is $43,203, and each person who has to be notified by a contact tracer after exposure costs $443.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

He's just doing this temporarily, working as a contact tracer in San Francisco.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024

Here are the stories of a disabled woman, her father and her caretakers; a lawyer and her late mother’s physician; a woman with paraplegia and her home health aide; and a contact tracer.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Around the time Diaz’s quarantine ended, they got a call from a government contact tracer planning to reach out to their contacts.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Epstein, who has been working as a COVID-19 contact tracer, said he wants the city to have a “leaner, smarter” LAPD, with unarmed employees handling traffic enforcement and responding to residents’ mental health crises.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2022