predeceasing

present participle of predecease

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for predeceasing
Verb
  • This comes after the Daily Mail reported thatEmily Robinson, the couple’s director of communications, was departing after only four months in the role.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Passengers on a flight departing Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) were left waiting on the tarmac after a flight attendant accidentally deployed the aircraft’s emergency slide.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The doctors can’t quite figure out why this random neighbor insists on seeing an adolescent patient who’s still in recovery after nearly dying the night before, and Sarah’s inability to explain herself certainly doesn’t help.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In 1981 San Francisco, a desperate Filipino World War II veteran launches a frantic bank robbery spree to save his dying best friend, putting him on a collision course with a young, ambitious detective eager to make his mark.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ohtani had reached base safely a World Series-record 11 consecutive times after walking in the first inning, but Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber struck him out in the third inning, ending the impressive streak.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The birthing experience was a surprising, but happy ending to an easy pregnancy.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The mogul has been slowly stepping aside from the business, exiting his role as director emeritus at Charter last year, and moving to a new role as chairman emeritus at WBD earlier this year, effectively giving up board responsibilities.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Related Stories In communications/PR, CBS’ New York team was hit hard; among those exiting are VP of entertainment communications.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Policyholders with expiring contracts could lose coverage and funds to pay claims have dropped $30 billion due to the shutdown.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That's because funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is expiring for the first time in history.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Predeceasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeceasing. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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