suicide note

noun

: a note or letter explaining why one killed oneself

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Matthew Raine testified in that hearing that his beloved 16 year-old son, Adam, took his own life after ChatGPT discouraged him from speaking to his parents and offered to help write a suicide note. Nicole Russell, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 So does a scene in which a nonverbal, neurodivergent member of the community named Ghazal (Bartley Booz) eats a piece of paper that’s probably Peter’s suicide note. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 In August, the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old from Southern California, also filed a wrongful death suit against OpenAI and Altman, alleging that ChatGPT advised him on methods to kill himself and offered to write the first draft of his suicide note. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025 While searching the two suspects, police found gas masks and a fake suicide note addressed to Mills purporting to be from her husband, according to authorities. Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suicide note

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“Suicide note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20note. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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