natural death
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of natural death
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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A report released in October by Ontario - Canada's most populous province - has since shed some light on controversial cases where people were granted assisted dying when they were not nearing their natural death.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
It was a fairly radical innovation in its day, an era when kings and emperors generally gave up power only upon natural death or at the point of a weapon.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Even after the change in the legislation, about 98% of the assisted deaths in 2021 were people deemed near their natural death, according to Health Canada data.
From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2023
“It might’ve been a person with major diabetes whose blood sugar got out of control. Is that a natural death or was that contributed to by the storms?” she asked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Some judges seemed to want to get as close to life expectancy or natural death as possible before they would create release opportunities for child offenders.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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