Examples of postmortem examination in a Sentence
a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness
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No note from the victim was recovered and officials determined the cause of death to be suicide based on their postmortem examination, said Sterling McLaren, chief medical examiner for the city and county of Denver.
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Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
McLaren said a postmortem examination revealed the manner of death was suicide.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026
In fact, the questioning of Chalker was part of a postmortem examination of a misstep by the case officer who had handed him the key.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Hostetler's death was ruled a homicide Dec. 23 after a postmortem examination done by the Office of the Medical Examiner.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 24 Dec. 2025
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Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
McLaren said a postmortem examination revealed the manner of death was suicide.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 May 2026
In fact, the questioning of Chalker was part of a postmortem examination of a misstep by the case officer who had handed him the key.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Hostetler's death was ruled a homicide Dec. 23 after a postmortem examination done by the Office of the Medical Examiner.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 24 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for postmortem examination
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“Postmortem examination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmortem%20examination. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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