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eu·lo·gist | \ ˈyü-lə-jist 
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\Definition of eulogist
: one who eulogizes
Examples of eulogist in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web The pop culture account posted about an unsubstantiated claim that an $80 million bounty had been set for President Trump (something apparently proposed by one eulogist at the funeral for Iranian Maj.
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Washington Post, "Comedian George Lopez catches the attention of the Secret Service after a Trump joke. He’s not the first.," 7 Jan. 2020 Amy Harris/Invision, via Associated Press Last year, Juice WRLD emerged as SoundCloud rap’s best hope, and also its eulogist.
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Jon Caramanica, New York Times, "Juice WRLD and the Tragic End of the SoundCloud Rap Era," 9 Dec. 2019 Like one of the official eulogists said Saturday, Hayden Fry taught his players how to live.
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Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, "Malcolm Christie is one of Hayden Fry’s greatest success stories — a success that goes beyond the gridiron," 25 Jan. 2020 But the bounty to kill Mr. Trump is not an official threat from the Iranian government — it was merely suggested by a eulogist during Soleimani's funeral, according to Al Arabia.
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Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, "George Lopez under fire for joking about rumored $80 million bounty on Trump," 6 Jan. 2020 In the age of oversharing, even grieving has gone viral, and social media has turned everyone into a hot-winded eulogist.
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Bob Morris, Town & Country, "A (Candid) Guide to Celebrity Death Etiquette," 6 Aug. 2019 Obama is reportedly expected to be one of the eulogists at McCain’s funeral service.
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Emily Stewart, Vox, "Read Barack Obama’s and Joe Biden’s statements on John McCain.," 26 Aug. 2018 From a funerary eulogist spouting the tenets of Dadaism to a housewife praying to pop art at the dinner table, each role in the film comprises a different movement.
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Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Watch her play a Jim Jarmusch-obsessed schoolteacher in an exclusive clip from the new film.," 2 June 2017 Hasn’t classic rock always been evaluated through the eulogist’s haze of time and sentiment?
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Was Classic Rock a Sound, or a Tribe?," 28 May 2018
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