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Recent Examples on the WebAdjective
There are 24 who are missing and 94 were found deceased (69 murdered, 21 accidental deaths, one suicide and three undetermined), according to Adamczyk.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2023
Dan’s mother, Karen Donahue, a practicing Buddhist, had been deceased for many years but her absence was palpable.
—Jen Gubitz, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
After he was taken out of the water, attempts to revive the man were unsuccessful, and he was declared deceased, per The Guardian.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
In their press conference Friday, the LVMPD acknowledged that all four men have long been suspects in the Shakur shooting, and that Anderson, Smith, and Brown were all deceased.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
Two of his four children, son Beau and daughter Naomi, are deceased.
—Abc News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
Ancient humans in Spain may have dug up their deceased relatives to make tools from their bones—and possibly to eat the marrow within, new research suggests.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
Those benefits primarily go to retirees, but also to people with disabilities as well as dependents of deceased beneficiaries.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
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To pass the time, Brynn makes dresses, builds idyllic dioramas of Mill River, cooks, dances and writes letters of regret to her deceased friend, Maude.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2023
Noun
GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified.
—Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2018
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