passes (on)

present tense third-person singular of pass (on)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Ramsay, a mother of four, including Dylan, has become someone grieving families often call when their child dies in the water.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • In some, a personal account is frozen the moment its holder dies and is not released without the consent of every heir and a matching court process.
    Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • As opposed to the first film, where a good girl falls for a bad boy, the sequel turns the concept upside down, with Pfeiffer playing the bad girl who falls for a good boy.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
  • Municipal workers are developing a new low-level drinking water connection to supply the city's approximately 7,300 residents, hotels, businesses and the golf course as the lake level falls, Geller added.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Also, after your parent passes away, the account would legally be yours.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Most Social Security payments fund retirement and related benefits, providing monthly income to eligible workers and certain family members, as well as survivor benefits for families after a worker passes away.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This year’s final Edinburgh kicks off in around two months and its keynote MacTaggart lecture will be delivered by YouTube EMEA boss Pedro Pina.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • And the time to start is right now, not eighteen months before the sale process kicks off.
    Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.
    Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Passes (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passes%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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