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Recent Examples of bereavement
When a company decides to delete a companion or change its personality, its human spouse may suffer grief and bereavement.
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Lori Andrews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Researchers and others have noted that experiences like job loss and career change share emotional patterns with grief and bereavement.
—Kathy Caprino, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The ins and outs of bereavement fares The big thing to know is that bereavement fares not offered by every airline.
—Samantha Leal, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
In his first game back since bereavement leave spent with longtime friend JP MacCallum following the death of MacCallum’s 10-year-old daughter, Selah, of cancer, Marchand scored in regulation and then had the lone goal of shootout to lift the Panthers past the Dallas Stars 4-3 Saturday night.
—Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
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Lori Andrews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Researchers and others have noted that experiences like job loss and career change share emotional patterns with grief and bereavement.
—Kathy Caprino, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The ins and outs of bereavement fares The big thing to know is that bereavement fares not offered by every airline.
—Samantha Leal, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
In his first game back since bereavement leave spent with longtime friend JP MacCallum following the death of MacCallum’s 10-year-old daughter, Selah, of cancer, Marchand scored in regulation and then had the lone goal of shootout to lift the Panthers past the Dallas Stars 4-3 Saturday night.
—Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
Noun
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Chelsea coped better than many fans had feared in Palmer’s absence.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Sophomore forward Brayden Boczenowski (7-7-14) has been a strong playmaker up top, while senior co-captain Brody Lawhorne (1-6-7) returned from a month absence to help anchor the blue line with Mathews (2-11-13), senior John Recinito (2-4-6) and junior Kiercen Keane (0-3-3).—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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What is clear, though, is deaf children are far more likely than hearing children to experience language deprivation.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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There should be empathy for his injury, but no sympathy for his lack of production.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Other experts said the subject’s movement could illustrate a lack of urgency.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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