grim reaper
noun
often capitalized G&R
: death especially when personified as a man or skeleton with a scythe
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Once known as the Dueling Grounds Race Course as men used this land to settle disputes of major proportion in the late 18th and early 19th century, Kentucky Downs has at times wrestled with the grim reaper.
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Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Also, demons—more specifically, the gat-wearing, hanbok-donning jeoseung saja, a kind of grim reaper tasked with guiding the dead to the afterlife in Korean mythology.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
The years are showing but the swagger will persist until the grim reaper comes calling.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The paintings depict implausible scenarios: What if the grim reaper slipped on a banana on his way to kill you?
—Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Also, demons—more specifically, the gat-wearing, hanbok-donning jeoseung saja, a kind of grim reaper tasked with guiding the dead to the afterlife in Korean mythology.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
The years are showing but the swagger will persist until the grim reaper comes calling.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The paintings depict implausible scenarios: What if the grim reaper slipped on a banana on his way to kill you?
—Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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“Grim reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grim%20reaper. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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