terminally ill

idiom

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

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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 YoungBoy Never Broke Again helped make a terminally ill child’s dream come true by collaborating with him on his first official musical release, which has since gone viral amid a groundswell of support. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025 However, in June, the British parliament voted in favor of a bill to legalize it for terminally ill people. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 26 Aug. 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 18 Sep. 2025.

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