nonfatal
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
At the same time, she said, people who experience nonfatal flooding events and live with constant warnings start to view them as less serious.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025
The leading cause of fatalities for farmworkers is transportation accidents, and the leading causes of nonfatal injuries are equipment, falling and tripping, and overexertion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 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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