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
This is known as compensatory mortality: the idea that those birds would have died of natural causes, and hunters are simply replacing those causes through harvest.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
True to form, André approaches mortality with his trademark humor and curiosity, determined to learn how to die both happily and ridiculously.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 May 2025
Diabetes deaths in the U.S. have fallen to some of the lowest rates in years, according to new preliminary figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reversing a surge in mortality that was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025
Avoidable mortality refers to deaths that ought not to occur in the presence of timely and effective healthcare, including prevention.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
True to form, André approaches mortality with his trademark humor and curiosity, determined to learn how to die both happily and ridiculously.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 May 2025
Diabetes deaths in the U.S. have fallen to some of the lowest rates in years, according to new preliminary figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reversing a surge in mortality that was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2025
Avoidable mortality refers to deaths that ought not to occur in the presence of timely and effective healthcare, including prevention.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortality
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Police say that early in the morning of Nov. 13, 2022, the four college students were stabbed to death at an off-campus house on King Road in Moscow, Idaho, where three of them lived.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Their widowed neighbour, Daming, grieves over the death of the last of his three sons, while his mother devises a secret plan for another grandson.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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The advisory, which was published on May 7, says that petty crime, violent crime, armed robbery, and homicide are on the rise in Cuba.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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Police are investigating the woman’s death as a homicide, and no suspect information has been released.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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“Mortality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortality. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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