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Recent Examples of bereavement
Low and his partner Amy Hastie, 36, also have Imogen as part of their blended family brought together by bereavement.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Prince William is honoring a child bereavement charity which had close links to his late mother, Princess Diana.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The prince, who succeeded Diana as the organization's patron in 2009, spent about an hour meeting with families and children supported by the charity, as well as volunteers, long-standing supporters, and local staff who provide its bereavement support services.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Beyond wages and benefits, the union also had demands regarding seniority pay, paid family leave, bereavement policies, sick time, and safeguards against surveillance.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Prince William is honoring a child bereavement charity which had close links to his late mother, Princess Diana.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The prince, who succeeded Diana as the organization's patron in 2009, spent about an hour meeting with families and children supported by the charity, as well as volunteers, long-standing supporters, and local staff who provide its bereavement support services.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Beyond wages and benefits, the union also had demands regarding seniority pay, paid family leave, bereavement policies, sick time, and safeguards against surveillance.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
Noun
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In the absence of friction, contemporary bio-pics are just a series of boring victory laps.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Threats from Trump that Washington could withdraw from the diplomatic process in the absence of an imminent resolution have raised concerns that the White House might diminish its critical military and humanitarian support for Ukraine.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Doughty was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Earlier this year, a jury found Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Kirk guilty of felony deprivation of rights by use of excessive force.—
Mike Fox,
Oc Register,
12 May 2025
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a prisoner of war, Morris R. Wills faced a gamut of privations—he was left malnourished and consigned to filthy conditions amid the ever-present threat of execution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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However, after the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned their case in 2021 due to a lack of a fair trial, Molly and Thomas pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and received lesser sentences.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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But the lack of GLP-1 receptors in the liver suggests that the drug doesn’t work directly on the organ but instead has an indirect effect by lowering weight and blood sugar levels, said Abdelmalek.—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
13 May 2025
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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