Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variable measure of length in use in India and neighboring countries. The covids of Batavia, Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta are stated at from 18 to 18.6 inches; those of Mocha and Sumatra at from 15 to 16 inches. The covid of China is the chin, equal to 14.1 inches.
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Examples
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I covid tell this was hard for her, but I needed to kncggw how she felt.
Cat & Mouse Patterson, James 1997
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“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant woman has been removed from the CDC recommended immunisation schedule,” he said in a video posted to the social media platform X on 27 May. Despite his directive, the CDC has, so far, only made minor changes to its guidance on covid-19 vaccines. Instead of recommending them for children outright, it now recommends vaccination “based on shared clinical decision-making”.
US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next? Grace Wade 2025
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Kennedy’s announcement is in line with some other countries’ covid policies.
US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next? Grace Wade 2025
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This has become a trend in many adults, who describe experiencing symptoms of “long covid” for weeks or months after they first became unwell.
Have we been thinking about covid-19 symptoms all wrong? #author.fullName} 2020
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These debates have been supercharged by the rise of long Covid, a patient-coined term invoking post-viral chronic illness that lingers after sufferers have ostensibly recovered from SARS-CoV-2.
We Might Have Long Covid All Wrong Natalie Shure 2023
ry commented on the word covid
anyone else want to pretend this is all it means?
March 25, 2020
mario500 commented on the word covid
I would rather use this word in accordance with the definition here than use it in referencing a certain disease.
November 20, 2020
bilby commented on the word covid
Yeah well after 57 million confirmed cases worldwide, denial is probably off the menu.
November 20, 2020
madmouth commented on the word covid
there's like, nothing mankind can't denial about it's our species superpower
November 20, 2020
ry commented on the word covid
I think language is our superpower and denial our tragic flaw. Along with apophenia probably.
November 22, 2020
mario500 commented on the word covid
"Yeah well after 57 million confirmed cases worldwide, denial is probably off the menu."
(wonders about why this message was posted here)
August 23, 2021