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Recent Examples of bereavement
To support families of patients who don’t survive, McNeal created a bereavement box with bottles, cards and ink pads.
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Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
The contract also allows the city to appoint the deputy fire chief from within the department, supports education pay for accredited degrees and includes more inclusive bereavement language.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
The Center for Loss and Renewal offers bereavement support groups led by a psychologist or psychotherapist.
—The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
But days before the Sydney Grand Prix, Sibello had to return home to Italy due to a family bereavement and British strategist Paul Goodison had to attend the birth of his second child.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
The contract also allows the city to appoint the deputy fire chief from within the department, supports education pay for accredited degrees and includes more inclusive bereavement language.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
The Center for Loss and Renewal offers bereavement support groups led by a psychologist or psychotherapist.
—The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
But days before the Sydney Grand Prix, Sibello had to return home to Italy due to a family bereavement and British strategist Paul Goodison had to attend the birth of his second child.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
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Spain has more than enough talent on the squad to beat Cape Verde, and despite the absence of two of its best players, the team should have come out on top.—
Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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Conspicuous by their absence are a handful of recurring performers, including Amielynn Abellera, Kristin Villanueva, Jalen Thomas Brooks, and Brandon Mendez Homer, who play nurses Perla, Princess, Mateo, and Donnie, respectively.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
20 June 2026
Noun
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The Nazis wanted their victims to see only fear, deprivation and survival.—
Norman B. Gildin,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
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If hair loss is related to sleep deprivation, nutritional deficiency, or stress, those issues will need to be addressed.—
Jillian Pretzel,
Parents,
9 June 2026
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The novel emphasizes that these conditions of privation and dispossession are themselves a vicious inheritance, that bloodshed and conquest have long characterized the story of this land.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Meanwhile, the European settlers, underprepared for actual conditions in the region, suffered great privations, and only 1,500 remained by 1832.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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Detainees at the facility have reported a lack of access to lawyers and poor physical conditions, including worms in the food, toilets that do not flush, floors flooding with fecal waste and insects everywhere.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In today’s food environment, addiction to UPFs should not be written off as a lack of personal willpower, said Forman, who researches ultraprocessed food addiction.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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