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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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His obit also adds that Bob worked at the New York Herald Tribune, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, and the Boston Herald.
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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
As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.
—David Chiu, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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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
As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.
—David Chiu, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obit
obituary
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The couple did not have any children, according to an obituary for Ray, who died in Nashville in 1989.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tarver is from Palm Beach County and worked for the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, according to his obituary.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Obit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obit. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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