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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Global pandemic

Is "global" redundant in "global pandemic"?

  

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anonymous Is "global" redundant in "global pandemic"? Almost, but not quite. According to dictionaries, pandemics don't have to be global, although they can.

  • anonymous Is "global" redundant in "global pandemic"?
  • Almost, but not quite.
  • According to dictionaries, pandemics don't have to be global, although they can.
  • pandemic : an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world pandemic : prevalent over a whole country or the world CJ
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anonymous

Is "global" redundant in "global pandemic"?

Almost, but not quite. According to dictionaries, pandemics don't have to be global, although they can.

pandemic: an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world

pandemic: prevalent over a whole country or the wor

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