decedent

as in deceased
US, law a dead person a tax on the estate of the decedent

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Recent Examples of decedent State officials reported the decedents included a Louisiana resident and someone from out of state. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025 The latest lawsuit also raised questions about the funeral home’s management — claiming that same crematory manager had been promoted after previously allowing someone to sign off on a cremation without legal authorization from that decedent’s next of kin. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025 The deaths do more than cause grief for decedents’ families and traumatize the incarcerated people who witness them. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025 As Tweet puts it, decedents can no longer act for themselves. Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for decedent
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deceased
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  • GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified.
    Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2018

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“Decedent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decedent. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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