Thesaurus results for PANDEMICS

pandemics

noun

plural of pandemic

as in epidemics

medical an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world The 1918 flu pandemic claimed millions of lives. the AIDS pandemic

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Recent Examples of pandemics Advertisement Per the Constitution, the federal government has carried out a national census every decade since 1790—through wars, depressions, and pandemics. — Julie Morita, Time, 25 Oct. 2026 And all the modern flu pandemics have been bird flu viruses that mutated to spread in humans. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026 The last includes those black-swan events that come out of left field and test a company’s resilience, from war to pandemics. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Rome’s unrivaled infrastructure of roads and aqueducts proved perfect for spreading pandemics. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Today, builders respond to concerns over blackouts, electromagnetic pulses, pandemics, cyberattacks, chemical and biological weapons, and AI. — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Other research areas include reducing wildfire risk and fighting pandemics and climate change. — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 But more recently, many EA thinkers have focused their concerns on the possibility of existential risks from advanced AI and other potential societal-scale disasters such as nuclear war, climate change and pandemics. — Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 In 2023, Gates, along with Suleyman, Hassabis, and hundreds of other tech and policy leaders, signed a statement saying the risk of extinction from AI should be treated as a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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