How to Use person-to-person in a Sentence

person-to-person

adjective or adverb
  • The virus has not been found to spread person-to-person.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • One volunteer even went person-to-person in the crowd of at least 100.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Rotavirus is shed in stools and spreads through close person-to-person contact.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • To date, no person-to-person spread of this strain of the virus has been identified, either, the CDC reported.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The rash can last up to four weeks, with the disease usually spreading through close person-to-person or skin-to-skin contact.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
  • There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of the virus.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Symptoms of lead poisoning can vary person-to-person and can depend on the amount of lead in a product, how often it is used and for how long.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Whooping cough is spread from person-to-person through coughing and sneezing.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 May 2024
  • By contrast, Joe’s lifestyle involves a lot of person-to-person contact, and requires him to adhere to a moral code.
    John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Health officials say there is no evidence of person-to-person spread at this time.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be spread from person-to-person through the air and can stay in the air for two hours after a sick person coughs or sneezes.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Malaria isn't contagious and can't be spread person-to-person.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Shah said the new blood test study does not raise concerns about the possibility of person-to-person transmission.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
  • With the wide interest in rice water for hair health, applications and methods tend to vary person-to-person.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 1 Jan. 2024
  • This person-to-person connection forms bonds that no click funnel, no online course, no book can create.
    Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The disease spreads through person-to-person contact and saliva droplets in an infected person’s breath, according to the WHO.
    Chris Mueller, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
  • How to Minimize Transmission Rotavirus is shed in stools and spreads through close person-to-person contact.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • However, Shah said there is no evidence that person-to-person spread has happened so far.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • Beware of requests for payments through gift cards, person-to-person pay apps, etc. Opinions:Is AI a threat to humanity?
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
  • But other skills that require more person-to-person contact are seeing more demand.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 May 2024
  • Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites and can’t be spread person-to-person.
    Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 27 June 2023
  • Of course, what constitutes a slow run will vary from person-to-person, since slow running is all about effort relative to potential.
    Amber Sayer, Health, 10 May 2024
  • At present, no person-to-person transmission of Alaskapox has been documented.
    Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Pickle offers a same-day courier system, standard shipping or person-to-person delivery when in the same city.
    Deborah Belgum, WWD, 28 June 2024
  • If there were a lot of person-to-person spread happening, having that system switched on would mean detecting that spread early — perhaps at a stage when it could still be contained.
    Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The bacteria can be spread by a fecal-oral route, person-to-person contact, and contaminated food and water.
    Amanda Sealy, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Lightning is pretty reliable and nice for point-of-sale terminals and person-to-person payments, but there’s still room for improvement.
    Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Samantha’s still thinking about the straightforward value of her business, like the game of capital is ever about the straightforward flow of person-to-person commerce.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But these services, also known as person-to-person payment platforms, pose risks to their users and to the financial system, regulators say.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Before 2020, advances to eradicate TB, which is spread person-to-person through the air, were underway globally.
    Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023

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