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Recent Examples of cadavers
The series doesn’t shyaway from the gory intricacies of death, including decaying cadavers and the detailed autopsies Kay performs.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
Jobs more closely tied to Neuralink’s brain interfaces include an operating room specialist and a neurosurgeon resident to carry out experimental brain-computer interface procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
After examining the remains, officials with the university state the bodies were possibly cadavers used in classes in the early 1900s.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 26 Feb. 2026
Currently, students practicing complex surgeries rely on cadavers, which are expensive, difficult to source, and ethically complex.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
More than 300 students would pack this theater to watch professors dissect human cadavers – mostly bodies of criminals from another town.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
A number of chemists were initially skeptical of the study, which was based on analyzing brains from a small sample of cadavers.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
The dummies' design is informed by data taken from living people's bodies, as well as from cadavers put through their own crash tests — and the new female dummy design, crucially, is informed by data from female bodies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Donated human fat, to be exact, which has been procured from cadavers and meticulously processed into a thick injectable called Alloclae.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
Jobs more closely tied to Neuralink’s brain interfaces include an operating room specialist and a neurosurgeon resident to carry out experimental brain-computer interface procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
After examining the remains, officials with the university state the bodies were possibly cadavers used in classes in the early 1900s.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 26 Feb. 2026
Currently, students practicing complex surgeries rely on cadavers, which are expensive, difficult to source, and ethically complex.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
More than 300 students would pack this theater to watch professors dissect human cadavers – mostly bodies of criminals from another town.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
A number of chemists were initially skeptical of the study, which was based on analyzing brains from a small sample of cadavers.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
The dummies' design is informed by data taken from living people's bodies, as well as from cadavers put through their own crash tests — and the new female dummy design, crucially, is informed by data from female bodies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Donated human fat, to be exact, which has been procured from cadavers and meticulously processed into a thick injectable called Alloclae.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cadavers
Noun
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During their reporting, the two came across reports of dozens of corpses turning up in the area around the time of Aujay’s disappearance.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
21 Mar. 2026
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About 15 roach corpses were found behind a reach-in cooler.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nearly half the carcasses were visited by at least one raven within seven days of the initial kill.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
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Too many carcasses allow the yellow jackets to escape rather than drown.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Cadavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadavers. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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