as in corpse
a dead body medical students who train by using cadavers

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Recent Examples of cadaver With the help of cadaver dogs, Skylar's body was found, a little over six months after her disappearance. Alex Gurley, People.com, 6 July 2025 The skull was in the area where Peroni disappeared, but no other remains were ever found despite a search of the area with cadaver dogs. Doha Madani, NBC news, 3 July 2025 Additionally, officers have started using cadaver dogs to search for Decker, the department previously confirmed to Fox News Digital. Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025 Despite extensive searches involving local and federal agencies, including the deployment of cadaver dogs and aerial surveillance, Decker has not been located. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cadaver
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corpse
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  • Mohn was arrested hours after the killing and charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
  • Prosecutors, however, painted a different picture of the defendant, who’s been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and other offenses for the January 2024 killing of 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn in the family’s Levittown home.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025

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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadaver. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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