the deceased
noun
formal
: a dead person or dead people
a relative of the deceased
Three of the deceased are being buried today.
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Some of the families of the deceased workers will attend the ceremony, according to the union.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
Investigators at the time said the deceased were likely from the West African nations of Senegal and Mauritania.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Investigators were still working to identify the deceased, the release states, with the Arkansas State Police assisting in the investigation.
—Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2025
In two cases from Nepal, initiated in 2012 and 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Committee — an independent body that monitors compliance with international human rights law — found that cruel, inhuman treatment of human remains amounted to cruel, inhuman treatment of the family of the deceased.
—Tyler McBrien, The Dial, 28 Jan. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Feb. 2025
Investigators at the time said the deceased were likely from the West African nations of Senegal and Mauritania.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Investigators were still working to identify the deceased, the release states, with the Arkansas State Police assisting in the investigation.
—Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2025
In two cases from Nepal, initiated in 2012 and 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Committee — an independent body that monitors compliance with international human rights law — found that cruel, inhuman treatment of human remains amounted to cruel, inhuman treatment of the family of the deceased.
—Tyler McBrien, The Dial, 28 Jan. 2025
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“The deceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20deceased. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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