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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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Tory Gavito, the president of Way to Win, a progressive donor network and research organization, told Salon that she sees the autopsy as basically agnostic on what, if anything, the Democrats should stand for.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The government sought to exhume Dossett’s body for a more-thorough autopsy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"We are swimming in uncharted waters," analysts Amy Walters and Matthew Klein wrote in an autopsy of the ruling for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner announced the teen's cause of death and released her autopsy report, which had been barred from public disclosure at the police's behest.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

When Henrietta died, Day had agreed to let her doctors do an autopsy because they’d told him it might help his children someday.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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