How to Use SARS-CoV-2 in a Sentence

SARS-CoV-2

noun
  • Have humans and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of Covid, reached a detente?
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Also, many tests—or SARS-CoV-2 assays—are difficult to perform in large numbers.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2020
  • The other is that the SARS-CoV-2 mutates about as often as the Kardashians change outfits.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The above quantum sensor for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses only low-cost materials.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Therefore, a reminder, any reminder of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein at least every year or so, could keep your immune system more attuned.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Mpro, an enzyme that allows SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in host cells, holds structural similarities.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The researchers conducted SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing twice a week to diagnose infection.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The current gold-standard test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus takes several hours to create enough copies of the virus’s genetic material to detect.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2022
  • When the SARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron variants emerged in the spring and fall of 2021, mRNA vaccines became less effective in preventing infections.
    — Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
  • When the SARS-CoV-2 delta and omicron variants emerged in the spring and fall of 2021, mRNA vaccines became less effective in preventing infections.
    — Deborah Fuller, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In 2020, during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many people had a deeply emotional, intensely personal, and perhaps somewhat obsessive relationship with a macroscope.
    — Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
  • WastewaterSCAN's dashboard shows high levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater nationally over the last 21 days, including in Michigan.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • During Covid-19, the world mobilized unprecedented resources to develop SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics.
    — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 1 July 2026
  • In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Generate Biomedicines has applied its platform to designing antibodies and peptides that can neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2020
  • In a new study led by The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (The Florey), researchers have discovered that a SARS-CoV-2 infection in male mice can alter their sperm, leading to changes in an offspring’s brain and behavior.
    — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Following wave upon wave of COVID-19 outbreaks during the pandemic, this winter brought a triple whammy of the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant, along with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2023
  • File photo of an employee of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) preparing the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 for vaccination in a vaccination center, taken in Bavaria, Germany, in January 2021.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Their project, dubbed Modeling and Control of COVID-19 Propagation for Assessing and Optimizing Intervention Policies looks at various factors that can impact the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including virus mutations as well as preventative measures such as mask wearing.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2020

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