MORTALITY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

mortality

noun

Definition of mortality

as in death

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 mortality Just three hours per week of racquet sports, for example, is associated with a 56% reduction in cardiovascular mortality and a 47% reduction in all-cause mortality. — Lindsay Davenport, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Researchers have been using its data to investigate the nation’s maternal mortality problem. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 It was essentially used as an indicator of mortality rates in ICU patients; the higher a patient’s APACHE score, the higher the risk of mortality. — Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 My biggest hurdle in making a will wasn’t confronting my mortality. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mortality

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Styles’ tribute to Parton is one of the innumerable remembrances across the globe following her death after a brief battle with cancer at 80.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
The story follows Ana, a young Black French woman who, following the death of her grandmother, travels to her matriarch’s birth city of Belo Horizonte.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

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The Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office completed an autopsy, and said Hernandez-Lopez’s cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the neck and the manner of death was homicide, according to the complaint.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Anyone with information, video, or photos that could help investigators were asked to contact the police department's homicide unit at 3150-238-3821.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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