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
It's associated with cardiopulmonary illnesses, premature mortality, and mental health issues.
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CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
And 31% are uneasy thinking about their own mortality.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
New research published in the British Journal of Cancer assessed the differences in cancer mortality improvements across the country.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
And that's usually a bad sign for morbidity and mortality.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
And 31% are uneasy thinking about their own mortality.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
New research published in the British Journal of Cancer assessed the differences in cancer mortality improvements across the country.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
And that's usually a bad sign for morbidity and mortality.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortality
Noun
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Hitler comes to power; Lajos, by now a regional administrator, reluctantly carries out the Nazis’ orders, consigning the local Jewish population to death; Ilona and her husband flee to America by way of Switzerland.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Ragnars plays Freya, the child’s mother, described as an unrelenting presence who launches her own investigation when the village begins to accept the deaths as acts of the Gods.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives have launched a homicide investigation after a man's body was found in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant early Monday morning.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some involve unsolved homicides, while others are missing persons cases with no signs of foul play.—
Natasha Chen,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortality. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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