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Recent Examples of germy
One of the most effective ways to curb disease transmission indoors is to swap out most of the air in a room — replacing the stale, potentially germy air with fresh air from outside or running it through high-efficiency filters — as often as possible.
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Liz Szabo, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
But hands can be germy.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
People’s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes.
—Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
So while a little extra cleaning might not fend off the coronavirus, keeping a less germy office certainly doesn’t hurt.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021
Be responsible, don’t be a germy menace, but definitely hold a pair of hearty-yet-silky trousers cut from weighty upholstery fabric in your hands.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
Boiling germy water denatures proteins and wrecks the structures of pathogens.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2021
Liz Szabo, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
But hands can be germy.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
People’s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes.
—Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
So while a little extra cleaning might not fend off the coronavirus, keeping a less germy office certainly doesn’t hurt.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 3 May 2021
Be responsible, don’t be a germy menace, but definitely hold a pair of hearty-yet-silky trousers cut from weighty upholstery fabric in your hands.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
Boiling germy water denatures proteins and wrecks the structures of pathogens.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for germy
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Thankfully, her time in those cramped and unsanitary conditions didn't last her entire life.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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What Causes Cockroaches? A cockroach in the home isn't always a sign of unsanitary conditions.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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In 1960, Singaporeans primarily lived in unhygienic slums and crowded squatter settlements before the formation of the Housing and Development Board (HDB), given the goal of solving the acute housing crisis at the time, and, with it, public hygiene.Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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This isn’t the first instance of travelers reporting unhygienic circumstances surrounding in-flight dining in recent weeks.Erin Clements, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
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However, communities in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains were still experiencing unhealthful air quality, according to the air district.Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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According to the agency’s map, very unhealthy air levels were detected in the Chino Valley and San Bernardino areas, unhealthful levels in the eastern San Gabriel Valley as well as Pomona, Perris, Corona, Riverside areas and far northern Orange County.Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Germy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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