as in dead
no longer living
the recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor
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as in died
to stop living
no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased
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Recent Examples of deceased
Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
All four officers are now deceased, Dellinger said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2018
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Adjective
That person is deceased, and again, this is an active investigation.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
All four officers are now deceased, Dellinger said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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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After a long bout of gruff banter, Frank gets personal, invoking his dead son, Joseph.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Russell Wilson experiment in Denver was such a failure that he was eventually cut from the team, despite the financial ramifications: the Broncos incurred $85 million in dead salary over the 2024 and 2025 seasons by releasing Wilson, the largest dead cap hit in league history.Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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Choosing a fiscal year can allow the executor to match income and expenses more logically and simplify the process of closing out the decedent’s final financial matters.Ashley Case, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Days after a human skull and bones washed ashore on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates, authorities are still trying to identify the decedent and the cause of death, officials said.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Lipton died in 2019 at age 72 and Williams died in 2021 at age 81.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The poet and scholar, who died Monday at 81, was a gifted chronicler of the wonders and complexity of Black life—a talent buoyed by her warm, imaginative approach to both art and social change.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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The navy hoped the corpses would disappear without a trace, but in at least 65 cases bodies washed onto beaches in Argentina and Uruguay.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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However, its forces are made up of jihadist militants, who were shown on video committing a slew of atrocities, including beheadings and the desecration of corpses during their lightning offensive that led to Assad’s collapse.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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After all, Juliette only discovers the place after everyone has perished on the ground outside.Mark Blankenship, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Cyrus, recently sober and obsessed with death, has lived a life punctuated by loss, beginning as a baby when his mother perished in a plane crash.Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Fed’s latest forecast now projects just two rate cuts for next year, down from the four projected in September.Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are running out of time to avoid a partial government shutdown late Friday night, after President-elect Donald Trump and his allies sunk a compromise bill to fund the government through March.Christina Wilkie, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the exuberance, rage, and grief of the long-oppressed.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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It was even enlarged to incorporate two massive, historic elm trees that would have been felled to accommodate the structure otherwise.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
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These spirits not only provide a thoughtful toast to the departed but also serve as a reminder of Mexico’s deep traditions and reverence for the past.Rachel King, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Joining the core trio of Corgan, Iha and Chamberlin were bassist Jack Bates and guitarist Kiki Wong, who famously won the post from the departed Jeff Schroeder after a public casting call of more than 10,000.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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“Deceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceased. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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