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
Being vaccinated against diseases helps build a community of immunity and protects those more vulnerable to disease who may not be able to get vaccinated.
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Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Ease Achy Joints Curcumin may help ease joint swelling and stiffness by blocking your body’s inflammatory signals, supporting your immunity, and clearing dysfunctional immune cells.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 5 May 2025
In any case, Tristen and his immunity take on executive chef.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Adults born before 1957 are generally considered to have immunity, however.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Ease Achy Joints Curcumin may help ease joint swelling and stiffness by blocking your body’s inflammatory signals, supporting your immunity, and clearing dysfunctional immune cells.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 5 May 2025
In any case, Tristen and his immunity take on executive chef.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Adults born before 1957 are generally considered to have immunity, however.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immunity
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Areas of Compliance Concern for Employers and Consumer Reporting Agencies While these statutory protections may ease some compliance burdens, employers and consumer reporting agencies must remain mindful of several significant risks under the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Silva and her husband became TPS holders in 2023, a protection the Trump administration decided would end in April .—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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Last month, the White House announced an exemption from China tariffs for a range of electronic devices.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
10 May 2025
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One compelling local tax break afforded to many charities is an exemption from property tax.—
Philip Hackney,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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This comes after the jury pool was narrowed to 45 candidates across three days of intense questioning from the prosecution, defense and Judge Arun Subramanian.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The jury pool was narrowed down to 45 candidates over the course of three days of intense questioning from the prosecution, defense and Judge Arun Subramanian.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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In Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reiterated a pledge to invest $600 billion in U.S.-Saudi partnerships encompassing artificial intelligence data centers, infrastructure projects, healthcare technologies, science collaborations, and various defense and security ties and initiatives.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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But everyone else’s digital security will be needlessly diminished.—
Richard Forno,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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His family’s worldwide profiteering and his own cryptocurrency ventures reflect a staggering assumption of impunity. 1933 and 2025 — a comparison America was despairing when FDR took office in March 1933.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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But a culture of impunity still reigns, and church authorities have barely begun to deal with other forms of spiritual and psychological abuse that have traumatized generations of faithful.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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“Immunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immunity. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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