terminally ill

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: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

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These transactions require online or in-person identity verification except in rare situations, such as when someone is terminally ill. Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025 Friends of Karen began when Sheila Petersen rallied community support to help the MacInnes family care for their terminally ill daughter, Karen. Friends Of Karen, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 The lawyer, played by Kayla Wallace, listens with the sorrowful look of a child who has burned down a Ronald McDonald house with her terminally ill brother inside. Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025 The End of Life Option Act puts the weak, the elderly and the terminally ill at grave risk. Jeffrey S. Trimbath, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminally ill

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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