as in deaths
the death especially of large numbers of people or animals
Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then.
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Recent Examples of mortalities
Data shows panthers under the age of 3 make up roughly two-thirds of panther mortalities from vehicles.
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that since January 2016, there has been an increase in humpback whale mortalities along the Atlantic coast, from Maine through Florida.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that since January 2016, there has been an increase in humpback whale mortalities along the Atlantic coast, from Maine through Florida.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortalities
deaths
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Michelle Kowalski, an analyst who has since departed the agency, was instructed to take one of the DOGE people, Cole Killian, through earnings data and historical records to analyze the cases of extremely old people whose deaths had not been recorded in Social Security data.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Among those fentanyl deaths were 20 young children — ages 4 and under — and seven of those babies and toddlers were from Jackson County.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Mortalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortalities. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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