as in obit
a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
several obituaries for Herman Melville portrayed him as an obscure, largely forgotten author
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Recent Examples of obituary
She is survived by her mother, three children, three grandchildren and five siblings, according to the obituary.
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
The obituary was premature, but Technicolor made steady progress in the next few years, mainly in genres trafficking in escapism — musicals, costume dramas, travelogues and animation.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Remembering the 100,000 Lives Lost to Coronavirus in America
As the U.S. reached a grim milestone in the outbreak, The New York Times gathered names of the dead and memories of their lives from obituaries across the country.
—Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
According to their obituaries, McGeeney, Johnson and Harrington graduated from Park Hill High School and, according to Picerno, had been friends since a young age.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
The obituary was premature, but Technicolor made steady progress in the next few years, mainly in genres trafficking in escapism — musicals, costume dramas, travelogues and animation.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Remembering the 100,000 Lives Lost to Coronavirus in America
As the U.S. reached a grim milestone in the outbreak, The New York Times gathered names of the dead and memories of their lives from obituaries across the country.
—Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
According to their obituaries, McGeeney, Johnson and Harrington graduated from Park Hill High School and, according to Picerno, had been friends since a young age.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obituary
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Even the Washington Post’s legendary critic Tom Shales, who’d co-author a history of the show in 2002, seemed ready to write its obit at one point.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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The main one is Lizzie, a young journalist stuck on the wedding beat at the local paper, with obits thrown in as a sop to her demand for equality.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The black-and-white clip featured the late John Belushi, dressed as an old man, walking around a graveyard memorializing his co-stars with goofy, sardonic epitaphs; Belushi, of course, preceded most of them in death, giving the comedy a somber tone.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Accordingly, the United States’ incremental, long-term rebalance to the Asia-Pacific (which still continues slowly on course) is an example of Obama’s strategic patience at work, no matter how many times Washington’s chattering class eagerly pens its epitaph.—
Janine Davidson,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Mar. 2015
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The image features inscriptions, which the Huntington materials suggest act a bit like speech bubbles, quoting passages from the New Testament.—
Erik Pedersen,
Orange County Register,
15 Mar. 2025
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Written in Latin, the inscription took several weeks to decipher due to its deteriorated condition.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
4 Jan. 2025
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The grass beside the memorial was driven over sometime during the night of March 14, leaving deep tire tracks, according to Neil O’Connell, executive director of the Mount Soledad Memorial Association.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Two blocks from the hotel is the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the first public memorial dedicated to victims of slavery and racial terror in the United States.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Obituary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obituary. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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