How to Use endemic in a Sentence

endemic

adjective
  • But this is like the endemic state of what this virus will always be.
    — CBS News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Georgia is a rabies endemic state, which means that the virus can be found in wildlife all year long.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Georgia is a rabies-endemic state, which means the virus can be found in wildlife year-round.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • On land, the islands are home to many sea and land birds, endemic reptiles, and unique plants.
    — Ng Staff, National Geographic, 6 Oct. 2017
  • The region appears to be a hot spot for rare, endemic fungi.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Wildlife lovers will find the endemic Florida scrub jay in the park year-round.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This, our only endemic, is threatened by loss of its scrub habitat.
    — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Deaths have been rare, though a handful of people have died in countries where the virus isn’t endemic.
    — Dominique Mosbergen and Jon Kamp, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The disease there has become endemic, with a death rate as high as 10%.
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 June 2022
  • Haleakalā is home to a number of endangered and endemic species.
    — Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Many of China’s wild species are endemic, meaning that they are found nowhere else in the world.
    — Vanessa Hull, The Conversation, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Be sure to keep an eye out for the Coral Pink tiger beetle, which is endemic to the park.
    — Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
  • But perhaps a look at the endemic circumstances that have brought the world to this point is in order.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Pakistan remains one of just two countries in the world where polio is endemic.
    — Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Some cave systems host endemic species, meaning that they are found in no other place on the planet.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
  • Wired says the research looks at these flaws as a problem endemic to Android.
    — Shoshana Wodinsky, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2018
  • Also, the cases could not all be traced to travel from endemic regions.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 June 2022
  • By the time John bammed, crime was already endemic to the Black Axe.
    — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • This is a small play for fantasy, but endemic of Thomas’ problems this year.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Many countries are starting to act as if Covid is already endemic.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Such errors are endemic to the current crop of large language models.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Meaning, when the pandemic will end, and the health crisis shifts to an endemic phase more along the lines of the flu.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The self-loathing is endemic to his gay presentation.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, for the first time, avian influenza has become endemic in wild birds.
    — Ellen P. Carlin, STAT, 14 Jan. 2026
  • And the fact that people cannot expect to avoid the virus forever in an endemic scenario has not changed.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022
  • There is the story for the world, and there is the story endemic to whatever country is telling the tale.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Even the saguaro cacti, which are endemic to the Sonoran Desert, can’t cool off enough at night.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Put simply, talent scarcity will be endemic to the labor market in the years and decades ahead.
    — Sander Van 't Noordende, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • If the species truly is endemic to this one region, habitat loss could pose a real threat to its survival.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Frustrated with the lack of movement around the issues that are endemic in our country.
    — Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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