presumed dead
idiom
: believed to be dead
After the earthquake several people were missing and presumed dead.
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Their boss was missing and presumed dead, along with 18 others.
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Laurel Chor, NPR, 21 June 2024
When his love Noriko is presumed dead, Shikishima becomes more distant than usual toward his adoptive daughter Akiko (Sae Nagatani).
—EW.com, 11 June 2024
This week provided a stark reminder of just how integral immigrants are to the nation’s infrastructure when two men died, and four more are missing and presumed dead, following the bridge collapse in Baltimore.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
Listen to this article Six members of the same family, including three children, who were unaccounted for after a massive house fire and shooting in the Philadelphia suburb of East Lansdowne are now presumed dead, authorities said Thursday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2024
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Laurel Chor, NPR, 21 June 2024
When his love Noriko is presumed dead, Shikishima becomes more distant than usual toward his adoptive daughter Akiko (Sae Nagatani).
—EW.com, 11 June 2024
This week provided a stark reminder of just how integral immigrants are to the nation’s infrastructure when two men died, and four more are missing and presumed dead, following the bridge collapse in Baltimore.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
Listen to this article Six members of the same family, including three children, who were unaccounted for after a massive house fire and shooting in the Philadelphia suburb of East Lansdowne are now presumed dead, authorities said Thursday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Presumed dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presumed%20dead. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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