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as in demise
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
we were all saddened by the death of our friend
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as in mortality
the state of being dead
death is one of the few constants in the universe
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as in dissolution
the act of ceasing to exist
the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR
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as in downfall
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life
that muscle car will be the death of him yet
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as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death
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Recent Examples of death
Past research has found wide racial disparities in such deaths, with Black women dying at a far higher rate than white women.
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ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Austin police have identified the victim of a shooting death in a homeless camp in Northeast Austin over the weekend.
—Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
With Khamenei’s death, Trump urges Iranians to overthrow the country’s theocracy, according to the Associated Press.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
After Chai’s death, Anderson stayed up all night researching cloning.
—Ryan Brennan
march 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Austin police have identified the victim of a shooting death in a homeless camp in Northeast Austin over the weekend.
—Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
With Khamenei’s death, Trump urges Iranians to overthrow the country’s theocracy, according to the Associated Press.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
After Chai’s death, Anderson stayed up all night researching cloning.
—Ryan Brennan
march 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for death
Noun
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The final term in the Drake equation, L, cannot be used to predict humanity’s demise.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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The fall of Oseguera is widely seen as an exclamation point marking the demise of what critics viewed as López Obrador’s passive approach.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Marta Guasch-Ferré, PhD, evaluated the role of certain foods on cardiovascular disease and mortality during her doctoral training.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
7 Mar. 2026
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Heart disease remains a primary cause of illness and mortality around the world.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Heavenly’s last record, released in 1996, their daydreamy idealism had become more vulgar and concrete, and the instrumental backing had adopted a Britpop punchiness to match; however, the album was released just after drummer Mathew Fletcher’s death, leading to Heavenly’s abrupt dissolution.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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Organizations can scale teams up or down by country without the administrative burden associated with entity setup, dissolution, or local compliance management.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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He was thwarted by Sam two years ago, and Atterton has been desperate for revenge ever since, and has spent his time behind bars planning Sam’s downfall.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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But lawyers for Gavalas' family said Google did nothing to stop his downfall, even as his exchanges with Gemini made clear the vulnerability of his mental state.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors said.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prosecutors said.—
Jeff Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Patrick, a former state senator and conservative talk radio host from Houston, has held the lieutenant governor’s office for 10 years, wielding enormous control over the legislative agenda and the fate of bills in the state Senate.—
Karen Brooks Harper
Austin Bureau,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Paltrow hasn’t discussed the fate of her engagement ring since the news of her and Pitt’s breakup came out in 1997.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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Officers met with medics at the scene who declared an adult female dead.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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But fear of the difficult dead neither originated in nor has been confined to the nineteenth-century European re-imaginings of Vlad the Impaler.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The founder of animal welfare organization Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals Rescue, Grillo's organization was found liable for wrongful termination after a former employee sued in November 2024.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, compared maternal deaths in 2023 and 2024, with maternal deaths defined as the death of a woman during pregnancy or within 42 days of pregnancy termination.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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