as in protection
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
the suspect refused to name his partners unless he was granted immunity
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Recent Examples of immunity
By May, Hilleman and his colleagues knew that Americans lacked immunity against this new version of the virus.
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Alexandra M. Lord, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
What is bird flu? Bird flu is a variation of the influenza virus that humans alive today have not been exposed to before and therefore have not built up immunity against.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
First, people don’t have long-lasting immunity to norovirus.
—Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Trump helped shape a Supreme Court that granted all presidents presumed immunity for official acts in office.
—Axios, 2 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra M. Lord, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
What is bird flu? Bird flu is a variation of the influenza virus that humans alive today have not been exposed to before and therefore have not built up immunity against.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
First, people don’t have long-lasting immunity to norovirus.
—Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Trump helped shape a Supreme Court that granted all presidents presumed immunity for official acts in office.
—Axios, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
Noun
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Drivers had been pushing for minimum wages and other protections since 2023, but Gov. Tim Walz vetoed the first version of a wage bill that passed that year.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2025
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That said, winter is the perfect time to invest in luxury beauty products that deliver real protection against environmental stressors.—
Tira Urquhart,
Essence,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Most also allow exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Those retaliatory duties are expected to hit every country that imposes import duties on the U.S., though exemptions for some sectors are reportedly being considered.—
Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Though Senate Republicans have pushed for two bills to address Mr. Trump's priorities, House Republicans are pursuing one major bill to address border security, defense and energy priorities, along with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Starmer presented Trump with a significant gift ahead of his trip, announcing on Tuesday that Britain would hike its defense spending to 2.5% by 2027, and to 3% by the middle of the next decade.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The House package would raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion over two years, put tens of billions of dollars into border security and defense − and add trillions to the federal deficit over 10 years.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Operating losses from its defense, space and security business soared to $5.4 billion last year and have not posted a profit since 2021.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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The murder of the 21 shook the world as the atrocities were carried out in a functioning state, Libya, where Daesh established a significant presence and flourished with impunity.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
15 Feb. 2025
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These stop work orders have left the groups — especially those working on issues in Tibet and Hong Kong, as well as among Uyghur minorities— without financial support and vulnerable to Beijing targeting them with impunity.—
Joshua Goodman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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