predecease

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Recent Examples of predecease He was predeceased by his only child, daughter, Lisa Palmere. Charna Flam, Variety, 24 May 2023 Her husband, Frederick, Prince of Wales, predeceased his father King George II, so the line of succession skipped right to her son. Town & Country, 7 May 2023 The queen died of pneumonia in 1818 at age 74, predeceasing her husband by two years. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023 The maximum insured amount is $500,000 ($250,000 x two children) but if his children predeceased Bob, then the maximum insurance is $1,250,000 ($250,00 x five grandchildren). Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 5 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for predecease
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predecease
Verb
  • Last year, around 13,000 of a population of 17,000 elephant seal pups died there in just a few months after being exposed.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
  • Daveigh, best known for playing Samara Morgan in The Ring and voicing Lilo in Lilo & Stitch, died at 35, PEOPLE confirmed on Wednesday, June 17.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • In the wake of the tragedy, stories have started to emerge about the victims who perished in the crash.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • The two men perished during a tandem BASE jump in remote Mineral Bottom, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) told the Moab Sun News.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The students are scheduled to depart next Wednesday.
    Tania Francois, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • After Witt departed, the Royals continued to pile on runs against the Cardinals’ pitching staff.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • She was later pronounced deceased by the Rockcastle County Coroner’s Office.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • The conditions increase the possibility of transmitting the disease, which spreads through close contact with bodily fluids of the sick and deceased such as sweat, blood, feces and vomit.
    Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • One approach to addressing casualty risks is to design spacecraft to demise entirely, but this exacerbates the atmosphere pollution problem, said Boley.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The converter must do that in order to prepare to reconfigure utilities, building systems, and demising walls--and often elevators and lobbies--in the entire building to accommodate a residential change of use.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Lucy passed away just a month before her second birthday from a brain hemorrhage — cancer-free.
    Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • My closest cousin recently passed away due to her age.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Last week, Judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard’s lawsuit against Combs because the statute of limitations expired.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • These tariffs are expected to take effect after a temporary 10% import tax expires next month.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The agreement between Iran and the US, which went into effect Wednesday, ends all military operations, including in Lebanon.
    Pamela Avila, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • In April 2023, Finland joined NATO in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ending decades of military non-alignment.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

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“Predecease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predecease. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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