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Recent Examples of nonfatal
Crime has decreased by 15% since 2023, according to city police data, and fatal and nonfatal shootings are down nearly 38% so far this year compared to the year before.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
City data has shown that fatal and nonfatal shootings in Chicago are down from recent years, part of a broader trend of violent crime decreasing nationwide.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
And then there are the even more numerous nonfatal drownings.
—Forrest Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
More than one million adults in the US engage in nonfatal suicidal behavior each year, with nearly 500,000 hospitalized.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
City data has shown that fatal and nonfatal shootings in Chicago are down from recent years, part of a broader trend of violent crime decreasing nationwide.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
And then there are the even more numerous nonfatal drownings.
—Forrest Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
More than one million adults in the US engage in nonfatal suicidal behavior each year, with nearly 500,000 hospitalized.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfatal
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More changes - including budget cuts - are anticipated in an ongoing reorganization effort that aims to remove noninfectious diseases from the CDC's responsibilities.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
29 July 2025
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This tube contains 15 billion virus-like vesicles—small sacs of noninfectious particles replicated in a lab.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 July 2025
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Earlier that year, a journalistic investigation that revealed the defense ministry was purchasing food for the army at inflated prices compelled the parliament to pass a law to ensure transparency in nonlethal defense procurements.—
DARIA KALENIUK,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Sep. 2025
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The devices—operated remotely by a team in Texas—provide constant live video feeds to first responders and, in some cases, fire nonlethal projectiles to delay or incapacitate an assailant.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.—
Charles Passy,
WSJ,
27 Dec. 2020
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This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.—
David Shultz,
Science | AAAS,
8 Aug. 2019
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Also made from nonporous silicone, each liner is made from food-grade silicone that’s nontoxic and BPA-free.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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The nontoxic system also includes two ceramic coasters for resting the carafe and dripper.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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If the clog remains, use a biodegradable, noncorrosive pipe cleaner, or a household cleaner like hydrogen peroxide, to flush out the drain.—
Jessica Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2023
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Those numbers give inspectors a hard, testable threshold for nondestructive evaluation, something previous alloys could not offer.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Aug. 2025
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The study highlights how important nondestructive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry has become to archaeology, said John Millhauser, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at North Carolina State University.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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LaViola agrees, adding that the mild climate and general friendly atmosphere of the Raleigh-Durham area are also desirable factors.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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This can pick up some milder forms of cognitive impairment but again is not a fully, extensive assessment.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Nonfatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfatal. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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