passed (on)

past tense of pass (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passed (on)
Verb
  • Osbourne, who died July 22 at 76 after a heart attack, famously bit the head off a bat during a solo performance.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Julie Henneberry, a Bay View woman whose firefighter father died on 9/11, is sharing her story publicly for the first time.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Recently, Sanchez posted another emotional message on Instagram, this time after her mother-in-law, Jacklyn Bezos, passed away at the age of 78.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Løchen passed away when Trier was a child.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So far, archaeologists have uncovered two-thirds of Pompeii and found the remains of about 1,300 people — a number that doesn’t include those who perished beyond the center of town.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • More than 2,700 of the victims perished in the fiery collapse of the trade center’s twin towers, and about 40% of those victims haven’t had any remains identified.
    Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Investigators determined that a lone gunman stepped out of a vehicle near the intersection of Clinton Avenue and East 29th Street and fired about 30 rounds at people who were standing on a sidewalk before leaving in the vehicle.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The two last stepped out for a red carpet date night at The King's Trust Awards in London on June 26.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shelby County Public Library Director Pam Federspiel did not think much of it when an unidentified man checked out 16 books on LGBTQ+ topics from the Shelby County Public Library in Spring 2024.
    Lillian Metzmeier, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Passed (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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