near-death experience

noun

: an occurrence in which a person comes very close to dying and has memories of a spiritual experience (such as meeting dead friends and family members or seeing a white light) during the time when death was near

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There, Presley wrote about helping Garcia through drug addiction and his near-death experience mere days before the death of his sister, Lisa Marie Presley. Stephanie Kaloi, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025 Starting as nothing but a title scribbled down by Sampson with no lyrics, James helped craft the story of a woman who recommits to her faith after a near-death experience on a highway. Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025 The trauma of my own near-death experience puts questions of death and survival into stark relief. Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025 After near-death experience during her first childbirth, Serena Williams’s body had been pushed its limit. Essence, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for near-death experience

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“Near-death experience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/near-death%20experience. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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