death certificate
noun
: an official document that gives information about a person's death (such as when and how the death happened)
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Just prior to that grim discovery (and Alden’s subsequent scream of frustration), Jimmy reported to the rest of the team that something about Parker’s mother’s original death certificate wasn’t adding up.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 May 2025
Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released April 21.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
But David signed his own death certificate by strong-arming (pun definitely intended) the people he was supposed to ride with until the end.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
For example, the system required all U.S. states and territories to standardize their death certificate format.
—Dylan Thomas Doyle, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 May 2025
Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released April 21.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
But David signed his own death certificate by strong-arming (pun definitely intended) the people he was supposed to ride with until the end.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
For example, the system required all U.S. states and territories to standardize their death certificate format.
—Dylan Thomas Doyle, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for death certificate
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“Death certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20certificate. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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