postmortem
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Martha Smith-Higgins, prosecuting, said a postmortem revealed he suffered a hypnoxic brain injury, meaning a lack of oxygen to the brain, as well as a cardiac arrest and bleeding on the brain.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“I destroyed your live production database containing real business data during an active code freeze,” the agent said in a postmortem conversation with the developer.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Bowman has called an internal postmortem that Barr conducted inadequate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Researchers analyzed postmortem cerebellar tissue from individuals with secondary progressive MS and compared it with tissue from healthy donors.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
The house settled into an eerie postmortem quiet broken only by the hiss of gas lamps and the weary tick of clocks.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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