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Recent Examples of nonfatal
Police are investigating a nonfatal shooting in Hartford on Wednesday.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
According to the story by reporter Sam Charles, homicides and nonfatal shootings in Chicago dropped 7% in 2024.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Furthermore, the report commented that attacks on hospitals in Gaza have also had serious implications for patients with initially nonfatal conditions, potentially rendering them fatal.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Those injuries included bruising, swelling and signs of nonfatal drowning, according to the County Attorney's Office.
—Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
According to the story by reporter Sam Charles, homicides and nonfatal shootings in Chicago dropped 7% in 2024.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Furthermore, the report commented that attacks on hospitals in Gaza have also had serious implications for patients with initially nonfatal conditions, potentially rendering them fatal.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Those injuries included bruising, swelling and signs of nonfatal drowning, according to the County Attorney's Office.
—Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonfatal
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However, several types of infectious and noninfectious meningitis don’t spread from person to person.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
18 Jan. 2025
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The adjuvant in the University of Houston’s fentanyl vaccine is an enterotoxin, a chemical produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli and modified to be noninfectious.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2024
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There appeared to be less mass murder than in 2023 and less nonlethal violence in the form of torture, beatings and related force.—
Collin J. Meisel,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Researchers contrasted lion behavior in California and Nevada, the latter of which allows both nonlethal hound pursuit and a legal, limited harvest season.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Advocates say there are ways around the issue by carefully sourcing nonpoisonous trees that are grown organically and not sprayed with fire retardant.—
Charles Passy,
WSJ,
27 Dec. 2020
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This will give them a chance to exercise this innate behavior with a safe source of nonpoisonous plant life.—
David Shultz,
Science | AAAS,
8 Aug. 2019
Adjective
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The expansion would give the landfill another 10 to 15 years of use in accepting nontoxic household and commercial waste, according to the permit application.—
Tom Sissom,
arkansasonline.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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The safest nontoxic material options for kitchen utensil are wood and stainless steel.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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In the chemical and materials industries, quantum computing could inform the design of more efficient batteries for electric cars and noncorrosive elements for ships.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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If the clog remains, use a biodegradable, noncorrosive pipe cleaner, or a household cleaner like hydrogen peroxide, to flush out the drain.—
Jessica Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2023
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The nondestructive technology resulted in thousands of X-rays of the mummies and their coffins.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
9 Nov. 2024
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Smart Objects make for nondestructive, reusable raster and vector images that update throughout your project.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Even if this weekend’s storms, which are predicted to be mild, bring an inch of rain, January would be the fifth driest since record keeping began in 1896, Anderson said.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Holcomb is not bound by these recommendations and can impose a harsher or milder punishment.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Nonfatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonfatal. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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