the dead
noun
: the state of being dead
—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying
For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.
They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
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Garcia was ready to do the job and even offered to provide a photo of the dead body, court papers said.
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
John Hsu’s frightfully entertaining Taiwanese horror-comedy imagines a world where the dead are just as beholden to the pressures of fame as the living, and an industry has grown around ambitious apparitions building their personal brands.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
Photographs commemorate the dead, and there is a space to offer condolences.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Lebanon’s caretaker health minister, Firas Abiad, said at a news conference that the dead included seven women and three children and that an additional 68 people were wounded.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
John Hsu’s frightfully entertaining Taiwanese horror-comedy imagines a world where the dead are just as beholden to the pressures of fame as the living, and an industry has grown around ambitious apparitions building their personal brands.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
Photographs commemorate the dead, and there is a space to offer condolences.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Lebanon’s caretaker health minister, Firas Abiad, said at a news conference that the dead included seven women and three children and that an additional 68 people were wounded.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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“The dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dead. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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