the deceased
noun
formal
: a dead person or dead people
a relative of the deceased
Three of the deceased are being buried today.
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On Thursday, Wales stood before the court and played the video — in what AI experts say is likely the first time the technology has been used in the U.S. to create an impact statement read by an AI rendering of the deceased victim.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 May 2025
Another person was with the deceased woman at the time of the incident but was not injured in the attack.
—James Bickerton
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Genetic testing performed during autopsies can often uncover incidental findings — diseases and conditions not directly related to the cause of death that the deceased did not know about in life.
—Lauren B. Solberg, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Feldman told us that before the trial the coroner considered allowing the deceased’s eyeballs to be examined.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 May 2025
Another person was with the deceased woman at the time of the incident but was not injured in the attack.
—James Bickerton
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Genetic testing performed during autopsies can often uncover incidental findings — diseases and conditions not directly related to the cause of death that the deceased did not know about in life.
—Lauren B. Solberg, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Feldman told us that before the trial the coroner considered allowing the deceased’s eyeballs to be examined.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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“The deceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20deceased. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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