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It is used to alleviate nausea and pain in cancer victims and amputees, for instance. — Devangshu Datta, Quartz India, "Legalising cannabis could be one solution to India’s agrarian distress," 30 May 2019 One day, shortly after the McKinneys moved to Fort Sam, Jason McKinney’s wife, Tabbi, saw an amputee barbecuing nearby. — Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, "College path for San Antonio student started with dad’s combat wound," 4 June 2019 Once a week, Helms joins dozens of others from the Puget Sound area at an amputee-support group at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, "At Harborview, where 175 limb amputations are performed yearly, a support group offers help," 8 Oct. 2018 There were 395 major limb amputees and of those, 65 returned to active duty. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "The Man With a Knife for an Arm," 14 Aug. 2018 Chelsea Werner, a gymnast and model with Down syndrome; Jillian Mercado, a model with spastic muscular dystrophy; and Mama Cax, a blogger, model, amputee, and disability advocate, all know this experience firsthand. — Edward Lampley, Teen Vogue, "What It's Like to Be a Disabled Model in the Fashion Industry," 5 Sep. 2018 Many amputees still retain enough musculature to make this movement, but traditional prosthetics typically cant make use of this. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "New Cyborg Wrist Gives Unprecedented Motion to Amputees," 28 Nov. 2018 Newell, 32, a congenital amputee whose left arm ends just below his elbow, returned to competition last month after two-and-a-half years away and defeated Sonny Luque via first-round submission at LFA 35 to move his record to 14-1. — Mmajunkie, USA TODAY, "Amputee fighter Nick Newell will appear on 'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series," 25 Apr. 2018 Purdy, 38, who became a double amputee below the knee after contracting bacterial meningitis at age 19, put in a lot of hard work, both on and off the slopes, to achieve these accolades. — Jenny Mccoy, SELF, "How Paralympic Medalist Amy Purdy Trains to Be a World-Class Snowboarder," 12 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'amputee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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