terminally ill

idiom

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

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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 At the center of Alien: Earth is Wendy (Sydney Chandler), the first hybrid prototype whose consciousness originated from a terminally ill child. Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025 Thinking of his estranged teenage son and terminally ill mother, McKay waits and waits before answering the call. Andy Hazel, IndieWire, 8 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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