pandemic
adjective
(of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
pandemics
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pluralof pandemic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The group is also fighting Becker’s bill, which would add war to the list of emergencies — such as natural disasters and pandemics — that can trigger California’s price-gouging laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Outbreaks and pandemics are often accompanied by misinformation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
History has also taught us that the gods like to dish out nasty surprises every few years: dot-com bubbles, subprime mortgage crises, pandemics, etc.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
The World Health Organization said Friday that divided member states want up to a year of further negotiations on the missing piece of an international agreement on handling future pandemics.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Why hypothesize the existence of vast, super-deadly pandemics that seem unlike anything else in the historical record?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
