nonfatal
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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That’s mostly true, but saying these events “can” be inconsequential is like saying that a human encounter with a grizzly bear “can” be nonfatal.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025
Even though the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative finding on nonfatal breast cancer wasn’t statistically significant, it triggered a media frenzy and led the public to view HRT as a carcinogen rather than a lifesaving medication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Moreover, more people suffer nonfatal firearm injuries than die by guns, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024
About 8 percent of the 2.5 million nonfatal crashes that year involved a cellphone, according to the highway agency’s data.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Finally, small human populations are also susceptible to nonfatal infections against which we don’t develop immunity, with the result that the same person can become reinfected after recovering.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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