terminally ill

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: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

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The writer, who described herself as disabled, was concerned about an upcoming visit from her terminally ill husband’s adult daughter. R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025 The charity affair sailing to Norway is hosted by terminally ill shipping heiress Anne Bullmer (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and her husband Richard (Guy Pearce), benefitting their foundation. Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025 At his Neverland research island, through the groundbreaking Hybrid process, Kavalier takes in terminally ill children and moves their consciousness into ageless adult synthetic bodies. Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Death permeates life in an echo of Harjo’s films; Four Sheets to the Wind unfolds in the wake of a suicide, while Barking Water chronicles a terminally ill man’s final road trip. Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminally ill

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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