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
Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits.
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Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obits
obituaries
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Siobhan Cullen stars as Elvira Clancy, a small-town newspaper writer tasked with writing the obituaries for locals who have passed on.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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Gein reportedly kept tabs on local obituaries to keep an eye out for fresh bodies being buried at his local cemeteries, according to TIME.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Obits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obits. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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