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Recent Examples of bereavement
Companies offer many different types of paid leave, including parental leave, family care leave, medical and disability leave, and bereavement leave, among others.
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Michelle Travis, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
This opened her eyes to the stigma surrounding pet bereavement and compelled her to write Pets Are Family.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Some businesses also offer pet bereavement leave and allow people to bring their pets to work.
—Jason Leverant, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bereavement 
Michelle Travis, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
This opened her eyes to the stigma surrounding pet bereavement and compelled her to write Pets Are Family.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Some businesses also offer pet bereavement leave and allow people to bring their pets to work.
—Jason Leverant, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bereavement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
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And someone other than Nikola Jokic was going to have to score to make up for Murray’s absence.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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In the absence of changes to entitlement spending, which Trump has promised not to make, the best way to afford necessary upgrades to U.S. defenses is to expand GDP with growth-friendly policies on taxes and regulation.Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Sleep deprivation is the most obvious factor, with nothing but occasional micronaps available for several days.Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sleep deprivation also leads to cognitive and metabolic impairments.Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Saunders and Gamble dig into the domestic privations of poverty — the lack of food and heat, the shame of wearing the same old clothes every day, the constant worry about what’s next.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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The lack of Wi-Fi limits its appeal potential to a degree, and without an app, there's no way to customize the experience.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Ukraine offers public praise Ukraine sought to project a similar lack of concern over how the result might transform America’s approach to the war in Europe.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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