epidemics
- plural of epidemic.
Example Sentences
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Before the development of preventive vaccines, polio epidemics left many young patients unable to walk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
For many people, plague brings to mind rats, crowded medieval towns, and the devastating epidemics that spread across Europe during and after the Middle Ages.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
At first glance, Villarreal may seem like a small fish, her case representing a tiny story in the larger picture of journalists all over the country covering wars, epidemics, and global economic policy.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
It estimates that some 240 million people -- in conflict zones, suffering from epidemics, or victims of natural disasters and climate change -- are in need of emergency aid.
From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025
Social epidemics work in exactly the same way.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
