death sentence
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“A data center should not be a potential death sentence for a community’s health,” NAACP’s Director of Environmental and Climate Justice Abre’ Conner said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
For many years, the illness was considered a death sentence, with a five-year survival rate of just 25 percent.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
Valerie’s quandary seems much plainer in that her show’s success would be a death sentence for entertainment creatives.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
That might not be a death sentence, but it’s pretty crippling.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
An idea embraced by Bishop Étienne Tempier in the thirteenth century and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa in the fifteenth century could mean a death sentence in the sixteenth century.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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