Thesaurus results for OBIT

obit

noun

ō-ˈbit

as in obituary

a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper

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Recent Examples of obit His passing touched people beyond his close circle of colleagues and friends, with his Deadline obit viewed by more than 18,200 to date. —

Stuart Levine, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025 His obit also adds that Bob worked at the New York Herald Tribune, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, and the Boston Herald. —

Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits. —

Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025 Boone died at age 84 at home in Alexandria in December 2019 from lung cancer, per his obit. —

Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for obit

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obituary

Noun

Gunn died Monday at his Toronto home following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, according to an obituary.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Fleck's obituary said he had been stationed at Fort Bragg since 2024.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026