terminally ill

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

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Eurotrash from Frauke Finsterwalder will have its world premiere in Zurich, the festival confirmed Monday, following a writer called Philipp who embarks with his terminally ill and hopelessly drunk mother, Helene, on a road trip through Switzerland. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 But in 2018 Trump signed the Right to Try Act, which allows terminally ill patients to access certain experimental drugs and immunotherapy treatments that have not received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Published in 1996, Purple America tells the story of a troubled son who returns home to care for his terminally ill mother. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026 Earlier this month, New York made medical aid in dying available for terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live. — Monika Piotrowska, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for terminally ill

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