as in obituaries
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 obits
A lot of obits have been written the past few weeks.
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ABC News, 5 May 2026
Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
ABC News, 5 May 2026
Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obits
obituaries
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That is the whole reason SaaS is not dead, despite a year of obituaries.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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For veterans, some profiles also surface military affiliation pulled from public records, LinkedIn, local news coverage of VA events, or obituaries.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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“Obits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obits. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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