MORTALITY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

mortality

noun

Definition of mortality

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 While many teenagers awakening to mortality might turn to poetry or self-destructive behavior, Cao turned to science. — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026 Yet many deaths linked to the funding cuts will remain invisible, in part because the cuts themselves left scores of mortality data collectors jobless. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 At 61, Steve Beuerlein is at the age where he is often reminded weekly of his own mortality, and now has joined millions of Americans who search for ways to extend their life as many years as possible. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026 Researchers found that participants who regularly climbed stairs had a 39 percent lower risk of cardiovascular mortality and a 24 percent lower risk of death from any cause, Vassiliou says. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mortality

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Packets of fortified peanut paste that cost less than a dollar each can bring a malnourished child back from the brink of death within weeks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
After his death in 1934, Schilling’s spice company merged with McCormick’s, a Baltimore firm, which remains a leading international food business.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of death

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The death of an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento, is being investigated as a homicide, officials said on Tuesday.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
The medical examiner’s office ruled the manner of death as a homicide and the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head at the time of the killing, according to the arrest report.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

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