How to Use immunocompromised in a Sentence

immunocompromised

adjective
  • Older people and the immunocompromised are at higher risk too.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The first hour will be for elderly and immunocompromised shoppers.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2020
  • There are many, many more people like me out there — young, old, robust and healthy, immunocompromised, and everywhere in between.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The shortage also means that Santa gigs are available to those who are less immunocompromised because of their age.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2021
  • In it, a virus from China, of course named Mao flu, afflicts the elderly and the immunocompromised.
    — Jane Metcalfe, Wired, 5 July 2020
  • People who are severely immunocompromised and might not have gotten protection from the first two doses have been able to get a third dose for the past six weeks or so.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
  • In this context, efforts have been focused on rolling out second boosters for older people and the immunocompromised.
    — Ian Mount, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • His advice might change, said Lloyd-Smith, if the person was at high risk from the virus, such as elderly or immunocompromised.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Soon, wearing masks will mostly be a voluntary decision, whether for the immunocompromised or others just not ready to go without them.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The co-op has been a lifeline for actor and co-op member Taslimi, who is immunocompromised and is not yet able to return to performing.
    — Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • But the arrival of new variants, as well as the loss of two treatments for immunocompromised people, has amped up the urgency to develop a stronger generation of medicines.
    — Ryan Cross — The Boston Globe, STAT, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The product may contain yeast/mold and bacteria, which can cause serious infections in immunocompromised people.
    — Jenna Anderson, Health, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Many people, including seniors and the immunocompromised, face a much higher risk of severe illness and even death from Covid-19.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Salas, the Northeast Portland renter, left his job in the cannabis industry last year because he is immunocompromised and helps care for a child with a disability.
    — oregonlive, 2 July 2021
  • In fact, severe alcoholics may become immunocompromised.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
  • The disease also tends to hit undernourished, immunocompromised, and pregnant people particularly hard, and many of the severest cases tend to occur in the youngest children.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • There’s also explainers on improvements to protect immunocompromised folks, as well as checklists to evaluate lobbies, restrooms and greenrooms for physical barriers that linger long after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990.
    — Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that measles is one of the most contagious viral infections in the world and can be particularly dangerous for babies, young children, and pregnant and immunocompromised people.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Pluralibacter gergoviae is a bacteria that has been linked to respiratory diseases, urinary tract infections, eye infections and sepsis, particularly in immunocompromised people, according to Melbec Microbiology, a microbiology testing company that specializes in cosmetics.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025

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