predeceasing

present participle of predecease

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for predeceasing
Verb
  • Lock your home before departing.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Heat also brought in forward Simone Fontecchio as part of a sign-and-trade deal with the Detroit Pistons, sending out departing ex-Heat free sharpshooter Duncan Robinson in the offing.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She was intubated for nearly a week while medical staff at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola worked to save her, including repeatedly scrubbing and cleaning out her leg to remove any dying tissue.
    Mollye Barrows, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Mason confirmed that Kirk was shot and taken to a hospital in a private vehicle before dying.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The number of ski visits at domestic ski resorts climbed by nearly 13% in the year ending April 30 to 26 million, according to the China Ski Industry White Paper.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Last season, McCarthy was on the sideline with a season-ending meniscus injury suffered during preseason.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Beautiful, elusive and peppered with provocative nuggets about the nature of life and our place in it, Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend is the Venice Film Festival’s parting gift to all those who have lasted the distance.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His parting vision of her funeral pyre both recalls and anticipates the devastated city of Carthage, sacked by Rome.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Center Jonny King is considered questionable for Saturday’s contest after exiting in the second half against the Tar Heels.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The air-condition, heating and electricity automatically turns off when the keycard is taken out of its slot, but to avoid this many leave one card in the slot when exiting the room.
    Mattias Goldmann, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The expiring boost, implemented in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act under former President Joe Biden, applies to 22 million of the 24 million low- and middle-income Americans with plans through the ACA marketplace.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Republicans have proposed several short-term funding options running from November to January, but Democrats want Republicans to negotiate with them, especially on extending expiring health care subsidies.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many sought out their commemorative stones on the new Everton Way before checking out the rest of the impressive £800m development.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Soundtracked by a heroic overture, the rest of the vignette shows Holland performing a high-wire stunt on top of a tank and checking out his performance on a monitor between shots.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In late July, Kwame’s brother, Jabari, was also euthanized after succumbing to arthritis.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Californian took the first set against Ekaterina Alexandrova at last year’s tournament and had her vastly more experienced Russian opponent on the ropes on several occasions before eventually succumbing.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Predeceasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeceasing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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