as in deaths
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside
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Recent Examples of passings
The recent, tragic passings of Benjamin Kelly, James Maldonado, Christian Collado, and now another man — all in one month — are not isolated incidents.
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Darren MacK, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Darren MacK, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passings
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Michelle Kowalski, an analyst who has since departed the agency, was instructed to take one of the DOGE people, Cole Killian, through earnings data and historical records to analyze the cases of extremely old people whose deaths had not been recorded in Social Security data.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Among those fentanyl deaths were 20 young children — ages 4 and under — and seven of those babies and toddlers were from Jackson County.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The mission, the fourth of 2025, would also be Starship's first flight since May 27 amid a year plagued by explosive demises for the vehicle.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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But a good time in enviable vacation spots is guaranteed, with ghoulish demises for many principal figures here served up like caviar on sashimi.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Their immigration statuses — and fates — diverge in dramatic ways that make their connection complicated.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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If her best friend, Enid (Emma Myers), pleads with her to consider the fates of her fellow students before running off to play detective, Wednesday will certainly ignore her.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Passings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passings. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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