sickishness

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Noun
  • Dynasties regularly fall not because of a stronger, external opponent but because of internal malaise, a drifting disconnect to the need to win.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • In his view there was only one culprit to then blame—general malaise unrelated to the brand or its products.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • With this move, the FDA will limit the vaccine’s availability later this year to older adults and those who may be at risk of severe illness, Reuters reported.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement The group’s report presents four main drivers of chronic childhood illness, laying particular blame on the food children eat and their daily habits.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • This field includes liquid biopsy, referring to techniques that process bodily fluids such as blood, urine, and saliva for different disease biomarkers.
    Cat Wang, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • The Mayo Clinic says the disease is most often diagnosed when people are in their mid-60s.
    Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.
    Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
Noun
  • Luther is shown struggling with a sickness early in the movie.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Organic materials like wood and oil that don’t fully burn can leave polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — or PAHs — which can harm the immune system and cause sickness in the short term and cancer in the long term.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • And who among us can’t relate to some version of parental dysfunction?
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
  • Likewise, depression or anxiety stemming from limbic system dysfunction could alter migraine pain pathways within the brain stem.
    Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • In one of the more shocking upsets in UFC title fight history, Pena submitted Nunes in the second round, ending the Brazilian’s title reign.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The six-part series will unravel the thrill of the victory and the agony of defeat across six decades of larger-than-life athletes, intense rivalries and stunning upsets that encapsulate the command sports have on our cultural attention.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The gene mutations linked to sporadic hemiplegic mutation occur spontaneously in the person with the disorder.
    Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 26 May 2025
  • On Saturday, Brinkley – who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994 – took to social media to share her support and offer words of encouragement as Joel prepares to battle normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare disorder which affects his vision, hearing and balance.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
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“Sickishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickishness. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

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