as in death
the state of being dead
the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it
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Noun
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In the first half of this season, two major league pitchers — Boston’s Liam Hendriks and Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. — received anonymous death threats on social media and denounced them.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
15 July 2025 -
His wife's manner of death has been listed as a homicide.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
14 July 2025
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Corrections officers found the 37-year-old dead from an apparent suicide in his cell Saturday, days before the hearing, where prosecutors were expected to outline the case against him.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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His official return to the living dead came a few years later, though, resulting in one of the greatest horror movies of all time.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Among infants, these disparities in mortality were driven largely by sudden unexpected infant death and prematurity.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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There's direct mortality from equipment, earthmoving vehicles—such as turtles and cactuses getting crushed.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
Noun
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The brothers were buried in a single grave, their white caskets stacked gently atop each other.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
29 July 2025
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While trying to walk through Bay Ridge, where a netting of low-growing vegetation latches onto shoes, a visitor can find small American flags poking out of weeds that draw attention to graves for veterans of World War I, World War II and other wars not identified.—
Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 July 2025
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“Deadness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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