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Recent Examples of bereavement
In the film, Dennis and Roman meet at a twin bereavement group and strike up an unexpected friendship.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
In The Black Sea Post-pregnancy maternal health benefits may include bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, prenatal and postnatal care, paid parental leave, mental health resources, lactation support, and doula services.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Low and his partner Amy Hastie, 36, also have Imogen as part of their blended family brought together by bereavement.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
In The Black Sea Post-pregnancy maternal health benefits may include bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, prenatal and postnatal care, paid parental leave, mental health resources, lactation support, and doula services.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Low and his partner Amy Hastie, 36, also have Imogen as part of their blended family brought together by bereavement.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
Noun
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In their absence, Laufey and The Milk Carton Kids got up onstage to cover their songs, respectively.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
31 Mar. 2025
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But Watkins’ absence unquestionably hurts their chances.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The American soldiers were brainwashed into not wanting to go home through tactics including isolation, the fraying of social bonds and sleep deprivation, Lemov said.—
Kara Alaimo,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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Sleepwalking can happen due to stress, sleep deprivation, certain health conditions, and medications.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Economic privation could further encourage violent competition between Syrian armed groups over territory and revenues.—
Sam Heller,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Still, the Mets have largely been able to overcome a lack of production at the bottom because of a strong bullpen.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the European Union, where Temu hopes to further expand, regulators opened an investigation into the company’s practices and products, citing concern over lack of compliance with the Digital Services Act.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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