bereavements

plural of bereavement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavements
Noun
  • At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Since 2022, Russia repeatedly urged China to act quickly to save its economy from inevitable privations stemming from the collapse of its Western market.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Def Leppard is, at its core, a brotherhood of working-class kids from the British Isles, raised by parents who lived through the deprivations of World War II.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps, partially, though not because of any physical deprivations.
    Jane Ciabattari August 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Besides regularly removing dust that forms on the fan blades, cleaning needs can also change with the seasons.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Prisoners are not allowed to keep money behind bars, but cash can be provided by family members to a commissary fund used to buy food, toiletries and other minor needs, according to the Prison Fellowship.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
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