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Recent Examples of nonfatal
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.
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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
The report shows that healthcare workers face a disproportionately high risk of workplace violence, accounting for 73% of all nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses due to violence.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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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
The report shows that healthcare workers face a disproportionately high risk of workplace violence, accounting for 73% of all nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses due to violence.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 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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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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Yet in 2023, USDA’s Wildlife Services devoted less than 1% of its $286-million budget to nonlethal efforts.—
Peter Kareiva,
Mercury News,
3 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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The casualties included six people who were in serious condition and three who were in mild condition, the MDA said.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Spring brings wildflowers and mild weather, while summer entails long days best spent out on the water or hiking trails.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Nonfatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfatal. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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