as in death
the death especially of large numbers of people or animals
Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then.
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Recent Examples of mortality
Late Shift‘s villain is not mortality, however, so much as burnout — yet another thing the movie has in common with The Pitt, whose still-in-progress second season has upgraded the subject of essential worker fatigue from subtext to text.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
Eighteen of those mortality events were because of GFP removal (and the majority of which were hunter harvest).
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 20 Mar. 2026
Greifinger, the correctional health expert, said the sheriff’s office should commission an independent mortality review to study whether any jail operations, staffing or other shortcomings are exacerbating external factors and resulting in preventable deaths.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
An unusual mortality event between 2019 and 2023 led to over a 50% population decline since 2016 that scientists believe is exacerbated by changing Arctic conditions, the center said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
Eighteen of those mortality events were because of GFP removal (and the majority of which were hunter harvest).
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 20 Mar. 2026
Greifinger, the correctional health expert, said the sheriff’s office should commission an independent mortality review to study whether any jail operations, staffing or other shortcomings are exacerbating external factors and resulting in preventable deaths.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
An unusual mortality event between 2019 and 2023 led to over a 50% population decline since 2016 that scientists believe is exacerbated by changing Arctic conditions, the center said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortality
Noun
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The abnormality has also been linked to deaths in the National Football League and in other sports such as hockey and soccer.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Nancy Metayer Bowen was a politically-ambitious trailblazer for a new generation of Haitian Americans in South Florida before her tragic death, which is being criminally investigated, was announced Wednesday.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The driver in the Philadelphia crash was later charged with DUI homicide.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The medical examiner determined Moore’s cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death to be homicide.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortality. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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