predeceasing

present participle of predecease

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predeceasing
Verb
  • Since Olympic charter flights to Milan will be departing from the New York area, and because the Islanders had been promised an event in February 2026, the possibility of doing a big press availability was discussed as an alternative.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The foundation prevailed over Lund and other departing directors in its drive for immediate, sweeping changes on the board in support of new Chief Executive Officer Maziar Mike Doustdar’s strategy.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His goal to seal the win against Italy — a lung-busting run and cultured finish in the dying moments — helped to illustrate the impressive engine at the heart of Cremaschi’s game.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Before dying under the weight of the boulder, the spell caster cursed the princess, her family, and the city.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The game marked the NBA’s formal return to NBC, ending a hiatus of 8,532 days since the last time an American pro basketball game that counts was broadcast on the network.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The partnership with Sephora marked Rhode’s first foray into retail, with net sales topping $212 million in the 12 months ending March 31.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • His teammates gave him parting gifts – two-run home runs from Hyeseong Kim and Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani’s 55th homer of the season – and sent Kershaw out a winner for the 223rd time as the Dodgers finished their regular-season schedule with a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 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
  • With the Rockets up one, Durant fouled Gilgeous-Alexander with two seconds left, picking up his sixth personal foul and exiting the game.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Jimenez was captured on surveillance footage exiting the truck and running after Vargas with a handgun.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, during a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday with the Washington Examiner, did not rule out the need to address expiring Obamacare subsidies that are the epicenter of the federal government shutdown.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats have demanded that extending expiring subsidies in the Affordable Care Act and reversing Republicans' Medicaid cuts be included in legislation to end the shutdown.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Predeceasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predeceasing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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