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necrologies

noun

plural of necrology

as in obituaries

a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account the club's founder recently died, and this month's newsletter includes a lengthy necrology

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obituaries

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The site has death certificates as well as short newspaper obituaries and notes written at the time of death.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
Jerusalem — In a political career that has spanned more than three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has been written off too many times to count, only to prove the obituaries were penned prematurely.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026

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