as in obit
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 obituary
Holcomb was pronounced dead at an Overland Park hospital on April 15, according to an obituary shared online.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
But while some industry insiders are already writing obituaries for in-person tourist support centers, destinations around Asia are actually increasing the number of traveler help desks.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
At the end of 2023, a string of obituaries produced by Caixin Media, one of China's most respected news outlets, vanished from its website.
—Wenxin Fan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
An obituary on Monday about the writer Jesse Kornbluth misidentified the location of a commune where Mr. Kornbluth lived briefly.
—New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
But while some industry insiders are already writing obituaries for in-person tourist support centers, destinations around Asia are actually increasing the number of traveler help desks.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
At the end of 2023, a string of obituaries produced by Caixin Media, one of China's most respected news outlets, vanished from its website.
—Wenxin Fan, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
An obituary on Monday about the writer Jesse Kornbluth misidentified the location of a commune where Mr. Kornbluth lived briefly.
—New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obituary
Noun
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And your obit does not only extend to your immediate colleagues.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The main one is Lizzie, a young journalist stuck on the wedding beat at the local paper, with obits thrown in as a sop to her demand for equality.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Read: The Houthis’ dream come true Ibn Khaldun’s insight may end up providing an epitaph for the current round of fighting.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The most important artifact found so far was an epitaph, or tombstone, with an inscription referencing a gladiator, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The tomb should be in the ground; simple, without particular ornamentation, and bearing only the inscription: Franciscus.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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At least one project seeks to tie ordinal inscriptions to real megawatts and share monthly mining revenue with token holders.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Those are the stakes of Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn (2015), an interactive horror survival video game in which players take control of eight friends who become stranded at a cabin on Blackwood Mountain during a memorial for their friend’s death and must survive myriad terrors…until dawn.—
Richard Newby,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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González’s presence and relevance in the school goes beyond simply being a namesake or having a memorial in the office with his uniform, military flag and certificates of recognition.—
Amanda Jackson,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Obituary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obituary. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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