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Recent Examples of bereavement
Palliative care can have five stages (stable, unstable, deteriorating, terminal, and bereavement), but not all individuals progress to all the stages, and the stages may be experienced in a different order.
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 28 May 2025
The sergeant tells Reyes that Stabler has taken bereavement leave; Reyes notes that’s extremely unlike their workaholic colleague.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
The Rockies also reinstated right-hander Zach Agnos from the bereavement list.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 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
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 28 May 2025
The sergeant tells Reyes that Stabler has taken bereavement leave; Reyes notes that’s extremely unlike their workaholic colleague.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
The Rockies also reinstated right-hander Zach Agnos from the bereavement list.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
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New York played a small starting unit with Stewart at center to account for the absence of Jonquel Jones.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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After her first two England camps in charge in September 2021, Wiegman — in the absence of former England captain Steph Houghton — handed Williamson the armband.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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In Five Minutes Sleep deprivation affects millions of Americans, with approximately 70 million people suffering from chronic sleep problems according to health authorities.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Without this phase of sleep, horses can suffer from REM deprivation, leading to drowsiness and even collapse.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The policy, while inevitably controversial, was meant to correct for the nearly fifty years of brutal privations that Black South Africans endured under apartheid.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Red Oak parent Maria Barraza previously warned that the consolidation would destroy the community built around Red Oak, and raised concerns about a lack of engagement from the district with the school’s Spanish-speaking families.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Overnight low temperatures are rising nearly twice as fast as afternoon highs, and this lack of relief during the night poses a significant health risk -- particularly for those without access to air conditioning, according to the assessment.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
30 June 2025
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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