Thesaurus results for OBIT

obit

noun

ō-ˈbit

as in obituary

a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper

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Recent Examples of obit And as The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in his recent obit, when the bookstore near his home closed, a window opened. —

Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025 His passing touched people beyond his close circle of colleagues and friends, with his Deadline obit viewed by more than 18,200 to date. —

Stuart Levine, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025 His obit also adds that Bob worked at the New York Herald Tribune, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, and the Boston Herald. —

Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits. —

Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for obit

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obituary

Noun

O’Neil served as the president and general manager of KXAS-TV (NBC5), Dallas-Fort Worth’s NBC affiliate, according to his obituary.

— Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Daniel, the primary writer of this obituary, retired from The Associated Press in 2023.

— Douglass K. Daniel, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026