life-and-death
Example Sentences
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Not having money is a life-and-death issue in America.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
"Militaries adopt AI to speed up processes such as target identification. But delegating life-and-death decisions to machines poses profound ethical and human rights risks," said Patrick Wilcken of Amnesty International.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The context involves a simple and crucial choice — between excessive patience and an urgency grounded in life-and-death human realities.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
That’s the danger of the influencer interview pipeline: It reduces life-and-death matters into fluffy, clickable content.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
I thought how weird it was for Jeffrey to be driving past all these carefree people who had it made, on his way to fight the twenty-seventh installment of a life-and-death battle against cancer.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
