How to Use community spread in a Sentence

community spread

noun
  • What is the community spread in my area?
    — Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But over time, the community spread out.
    — Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • That suggests community spread may be stronger than the testing numbers alone show.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The community spread outside of YouTube, too.
    — Bijan Stephen, Longreads, 26 Feb. 2026
  • These data can sometimes reveal community spread of a pathogen days or even weeks before cases spike at hospitals and health care systems.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
  • This indicates a person-to-person community spread, which can occur through intimate contact.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Central Texas has a moderate number of flu cases in local emergency rooms, but the community spread is considered low.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Pockets of student populations around the state are vulnerable to community spread.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Public health officials focus on vaccination rates among kindergartners because elementary schools can be hot spots for germs and the source of community spread.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Public health officials focus on vaccination rates for kindergartners because elementary schools can be hot spots for germs and origins of community spread.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Nationwide, non-medical exemptions are at an all-time high, and kindergarten vaccination rates have fallen to the range of 92 percent, below the 95 percent target needed to prevent community spread.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • About 234,00 children — 16,000 of them unvaccinated — go to schools where 90 to 95% of kids are vaccinated, which also carry heightened risk during community spread, but less so.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026

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