Thesaurus results for OBITS

obits

noun

plural of obit

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 These 200-word vignettes with thumbnail photographs weren’t standard obits or news stories. — Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 The Lionel Messi World Cup obits were starting to be written. — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 July 2026 Dad’s story was understandably relegated to the D-section alongside the obits of a theater producer and a union labor attorney. — Griffin Dunne, Vulture, 19 June 2026 A lot of obits have been written the past few weeks. — ABC News, 5 May 2026 Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits. — Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025

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obituaries

Noun

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