How to Use STD in a Sentence

STD

noun
  • The effort expands shelter bed availability, street outreach, access to STD testing and more.
    — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 5 Dec. 2025
  • It's built according to MIL-STD 810H standards to take a licking.
    — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • It's built according to MIL-STD 810H standards to take a licking.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Atypical pneumonias are caused by mycoplasma, legionella and kinds of chlamydia (not STD) and pertussis, the doctor added.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Elizabeth Finley, interim executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, says part of the problem is that pregnant people’s access to health care or preventive syphilis care may vary.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The Fortis upgrade is built to meet MIL-STD 810H military standards, with drop-resistant construction and Corning Gorilla Glass over the screen.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The Fortis upgrade is built to meet MIL-STD 810H military standards, with drop-resistant construction and Corning Gorilla Glass over the screen.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The Fortis upgrade is built to meet MIL-STD 810H military standards, with drop-resistant construction and Corning Gorilla Glass over the screen.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The Fortis upgrade is built to meet MIL-STD 810H military standards, with drop-resistant construction and Corning Gorilla Glass over the screen.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
  • His administration pulled an $18 million grant focused on HIV research in adolescents and young adults and eliminated another $600 million in grants for HIV and STD prevention and surveillance affecting Illinois and three other states.
    — Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • Those reactions are already rare, Adam Langer, acting principal deputy director and associate director for science at the CDC's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, told the ACIP committee in September.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025

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