Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predeceased
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Officers later found five other family members deceased inside the home.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026 -
Paramedics declared the person deceased and called the police department and medical examiner to the scene to take over the case, the fire department said.—
Bill Feather,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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But as the Power Station were recording the Living in Fear album, John Taylor departed and Bernard Edwards filled in on bass.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Carney departed before the event.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Jan. 2026
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Shillinglaw says the most powerful stop is the small town of Ypres, where the Last Post Ceremony has been held nearly every night since the end of World War I to honor the men who died on the front lines in Flanders.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cain died at the scene, and Hayslip died in a hospital a week later.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Everything there fell apart and perished, as though the steppe were a field of deadly frequency, annihilating, on a molecular level, any object that happened into it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Six others perished prior to transport.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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What would normally be a safe-for-work silhouette turned daring with its sheer, transparent element, and the supermodel accessorized with black heels and a black clutch, her blonde hair worn down and parted down the center.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026
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Chelsea parted company with Enzo Maresca on January 1, four days before Manchester United dismissed Ruben Amorim, with Xabi Alonso sacked by Madrid on Monday after winning 24 of his 34 matches in charge.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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That lawsuit ended earlier this month after the immigrant detainee who filed the case agreed to be removed from the United States.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Al-Maliki ended his second term in 2014 after the Obama administration’s growing frustration with his security blind spots that saw the rise of the Islamic State in the same year across a large swathe of Iraqi and Syrian territory.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Recently, Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, passed away at age 80.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Just five days later, his mother, Bangladesh’s first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, passed away following a long illness, drawing even larger numbers to throng the sprawling capital to pay their respects.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Predeceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeceased. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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