The phrase
"pandemic proportions" means that something has become very widespread, affecting a large number of people or areas on a global scale, similar to the way a pandemic spreads and impacts various regions.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«pandemic»
«proportions»
Sentences with «pandemic proportions»
- Cholera Another significant disease that has reached pandemic proportions multiple times is cholera. (bookbrowse.com)
- Sadly, this is not the norm for our community, and as a result, financial illiteracy has reached pandemic proportions in this country. (sciencemag.org)
- Although the last Ebola outbreak was far from pandemic proportions (a global disease outbreak), the panic - level reactions in the western media to this currently West - African based epidemic gave many the impression that we were facing a crisis on the level of Spanish flu. (bookbrowse.com)
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