mortality

Example Sentences

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Both sets of our parents were aging rapidly and reminding us of our own mortality.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Loss of the Y chromosome has been tied to worse outcomes from COVID, which may help explain why men have higher mortality rates.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

This has prompted many of us in preventive cardiology to question how well cardiovascular disease prevention is working if mortality is so high.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Segal never loses her equipoise, or her sense of humor, in these most extreme confrontations with mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Yet he never let fear of his own mortality keep him from adventure.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock