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to stop living
the old woman passed away quietly
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Recent Examples of passing away
Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
With some footage shot in LA, but the move delayed, and then Ozzy passing away, the show as originally envisaged was not possible.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passing away
Verb
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The doctors can’t quite figure out why this random neighbor insists on seeing an adolescent patient who’s still in recovery after nearly dying the night before, and Sarah’s inability to explain herself certainly doesn’t help.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 1981 San Francisco, a desperate Filipino World War II veteran launches a frantic bank robbery spree to save his dying best friend, putting him on a collision course with a young, ambitious detective eager to make his mark.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The film is an adaptation of the ghost novel What Happens At Night, which follows a married couple that travels to Europe to adopt a baby, staying in a cavernous, fading European hotel filled with eccentric characters.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s another non-expiring contract — but maybe less realistic given what that contract looks like.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Certainly no other fan base will feel sorry for Blackhawks fans, but man, what Blackhawks fans wouldn’t give to be nitpicking a coach’s decision about who plays right wing on the fourth line again rather than checking out who’ll be available at the top of the draft in June.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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According to Variety, Mike White’s grand hotel anthology series is checking out many, many properties on the French Riviera for its upcoming shoot.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In effect, farmers in rural America have warned of an impending economic crisis from the compounding factors of losing their top export market, falling crop prices and high costs.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Detectives later identified Farzam as the man seen on news footage stepping out of the vehicle during the attack.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Color & Geometry Non-Slip Bath Mat Gone are the days of stepping out of the shower and onto cold tile or a soggy bath mat.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bohlin said that the Swedish Board of Agriculture would procure emergency stockpiling of grain in northern Sweden, which would be circulated so as not to disrupt market mechanisms and to avoid stocks perishing.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The boys didn't always survive their adventures, with one perishing from a snake bite and another drowning in a Bolivian flood.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After kicking off her career on the UK’s T4, Jamil has starred in a variety of big American hits.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Two light festivals are kicking off in the Bay Area with impressive public art, including a series that will shine brightly at eight stories tall.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Passing away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passing%20away. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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