Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predeceasing
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Flights arriving and departing from Sky Harbor are delayed because of staffing shortages at the airport's air traffic control tower, according to the FAA.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025 -
Over the past four days, Indianapolis had a larger share of departing flights canceled compared to several busier airport hubs, including Orlando International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, according to data analyzed by USA Today.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
10 Nov. 2025
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Singing this material with players who improvise — solos changing, every version being a little different — taught me about that urgent live-ensemble space where everyone’s living and dying by the next player onstage.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Shaw-naé explains how then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is dying to speak with her, how the Venmo CEO invited her to some fancy app meeting, all while Al Roker is buzzing on her phone to give an update on Friday’s upcoming dinner service.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Framing his win as a reclamation of sovereignty, Muizzu expelled Indian troops and canceled defense agreements with New Delhi, abruptly ending decades of security cooperation between the two countries.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Markets gain on hopes of US shutdown ending US lawmakers on Monday inched closer to reopening the government, as the White House backed a deal that advanced in the Senate.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.—
Carson Colenbaugh,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Daedone persuaded the swelling ranks of OM enthusiasts, givers and receivers alike, to join an experiment in communal living, gradually parting them from their wealth and autonomy.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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Mollie lived a long life, passing away in December 1947 at age 80.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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Surveillance video shows two masked men entering through an interior hallway of the storage facility before exiting into an outdoor area enclosed by a metal fence.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Prescott, who spent three years as an external adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee before exiting in June, raised questions with the committee, BBC executives, and the corporation’s board.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Republicans have also proposed reopening the government through at least January, advancing three full-year spending bills covering veterans’ programs, agriculture and the legislative branch, and guarantee a future vote on the expiring health subsidies.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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What happens to water supplies depends on negotiations among the seven Colorado River states and 30 tribes, who are trying to finish a new drought-management plan to replace an expiring plan.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Predeceasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeceasing. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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