Examples of pass away in a Sentence
the old woman passed away quietly
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Most Social Security payments fund retirement and related benefits, providing monthly income to eligible workers and certain family members, as well as survivor benefits for families after a worker passes away.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
My uncle Phil, who also had epilepsy and relied on Medicaid, passed away recently after years of struggling to afford his medications.
—James Hart, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
His wife, Irene, a Chinese philosophy scholar who passed away in 2010, gave him a harpsichord as a surprise present in 1980.
—Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
When the queen passed away she was surrounded by her family.
—Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
My uncle Phil, who also had epilepsy and relied on Medicaid, passed away recently after years of struggling to afford his medications.
—James Hart, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
His wife, Irene, a Chinese philosophy scholar who passed away in 2010, gave him a harpsichord as a surprise present in 1980.
—Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
When the queen passed away she was surrounded by her family.
—Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Pass away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20away. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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