postmortems

plural of postmortem
as in autopsies
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death the postmortem revealed that the cause of death had been an undetected heart defect

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Recent Examples of postmortems Traditional lineage tools are reactive, built for postmortems rather than innovation. Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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autopsies
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  • About 1 in 4 coroner’s offices answering this year’s survey said their budgets affect their ability to do autopsies.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
  • What To Know Kaye and Deluca's autopsies revealed Kaye, 70, died within minutes of being shot, and Deluca, also 70, died within seconds.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Postmortems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortems. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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