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autopsy

[aw-top-see, aw-tuhp-] / ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp- /
NOUN
examination of dead body
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Instead, the so-called autopsy was a shambolic train wreck of missing paragraphs, factual errors, and apparent plagiarism.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

During an MS NOW television interview in late April, Martin used head-spinning illogic to defend concealing the autopsy and denied he was “here to protect anyone.”

From Salon • May 5, 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

She later conceded that she had no basis for such an opinion and that without an autopsy and tests there was no way she could know if a baby had been born alive.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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