Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predeceasing
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Geoff was concerned about his children departing for college, leaving him and his wife as empty nesters.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026 -
Also departing was Celebrity Autobiography, the specialty show with a rotating cast of stars reading the memoirs of other celebrities to comic effect.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
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Allen plays Roxie, a dying wife and mother who arrives in the trauma bay during the show’s second season.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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Snip the entire stalk, not just the flower head, of individual wilting or dying flowers down to the node so the plant will send out new blooms.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
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And a whistle was called for offside, ending the counterattack.—
Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
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But that era is ending because memory is becoming the bottleneck.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Instead of seeing that through, Sorsby put the controversy of him playing in 2026 to bed by parting ways with Texas Tech and entering the supplemental draft.—
Nick Harris
June 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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The Falcons swapped three spots on their roster Wednesday after mandatory minicamp, adding a trio of United Football League players and parting ways with a group headlined by receiver Casey Washington.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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Authorities have publicly identified four people who lost their lives over the last week in San Diego County traffic crashes, with three of the victims perishing in head-on collisions in the eastern reaches of the region.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
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Singh raised his second straight half-century off just 23 balls with eight fours and a six while Iyer brought up his fifty of 31 balls and smacked Thakur four two consecutive sixes before perishing when Dhir took a stunning catch at deep mid-wicket.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Her sister had been through cervical cancer and two bouts of breast cancer before passing away from the disease.—
Ayren Jackson-Cannady,
SELF,
29 May 2026
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As well as the uncertainty of being in the final year of his contract, the France international also had to deal with the personal anguish of his father Hamady passing away in January.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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An Uber driver taking fans to Kansas City’s first World Cup match was injured, as was a woman who was exiting Interstate 70 on her way to pick up her brother.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
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The ships included eight tankers and two cargo ships exiting the Persian Gulf and eight tankers and six cargo ships entering it.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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The question is whether to splurge now, when there isn’t much available, or to wait for star players’ legacy deals to start expiring.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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The biggest trade of the session so far was a sale of 300 of the 13-strike puts expiring in January 2028 that brought in $327,000.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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“Predeceasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeceasing. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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