as in obits
a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
several obituaries for Herman Melville portrayed him as an obscure, largely forgotten author
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Recent Examples of obituaries
Religion reporter Liam Adams has written extensively about denominations with Nashville ties, wrote authoritative news obituaries after the deaths of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and Room In The Inn founder Father Charlie Strobel and has covered trends involving religion.
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Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Siobhan Cullen stars as Elvira Clancy, a small-town newspaper writer tasked with writing the obituaries for locals who have passed on.
—PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Numerous obituaries documenting Goodall’s life and work can be found online.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Premature obituaries for filmmaking and exhibition are nothing new.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Virginia Culver, who in her 44 years at the Denver Post covered religion and reported news obituaries, yet on the matter of her own mortality remained intensely private, died Sunday in Denver.
—Susan Greene, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
All victims' names are included, along with biographies or obituaries.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
No one’s loss felt special in the grand scheme of things—the dead were lost in a sea of obituaries—but somehow everyone knew Raymond Lodge.
—Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Siobhan Cullen stars as Elvira Clancy, a small-town newspaper writer tasked with writing the obituaries for locals who have passed on.
—PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Numerous obituaries documenting Goodall’s life and work can be found online.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Premature obituaries for filmmaking and exhibition are nothing new.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Virginia Culver, who in her 44 years at the Denver Post covered religion and reported news obituaries, yet on the matter of her own mortality remained intensely private, died Sunday in Denver.
—Susan Greene, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
All victims' names are included, along with biographies or obituaries.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
No one’s loss felt special in the grand scheme of things—the dead were lost in a sea of obituaries—but somehow everyone knew Raymond Lodge.
—Alice Vernon
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obituaries
Noun
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Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Please explain what this woman wants - all this inscriptions from her face.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Ix Ch’ak Ch’een may have wielded significant power, as the inscriptions connect her to Testigo Cielo, a key figure in the Kaanuˀl dynasty, known for its dominance during this Mayan period.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Several tables at the park displayed memorials for Machitar.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Each day brings more permanent residents, arriving in black hearses trailing solemn convoys of hazard-flashing cars to a place still served by generations of locals who cut granite memorials or pour sympathetic whiskeys.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Obituaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obituaries. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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