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That’s because any unused exemption from the first spouse who dies can be passed to the surviving spouse, and the decedent’s estate can pass to the widow or widower tax free.
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
Toxicology reports are pending for all decedents, the coroner’s release said.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
As Tweet puts it, decedents can no longer act for themselves.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
In Colorado, pathologists can label a decedent’s manner of death as suicide, natural, accident, homicide or undetermined.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
Toxicology reports are pending for all decedents, the coroner’s release said.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
As Tweet puts it, decedents can no longer act for themselves.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
In Colorado, pathologists can label a decedent’s manner of death as suicide, natural, accident, homicide or undetermined.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decedent
deceased
Noun
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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 17 Sep. 2025.
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