as in deceased
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Recent Examples of stillborn
The already fraught experience turned truly tragic when the child, a girl, was stillborn.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025
Newborns often die—Francie’s favorite aunt, Sissy, gives birth to ten stillborn children.
—Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
What's New The orca that made headlines in 2018 for carrying her stillborn calf for 17 days off the coast of Washington and British Columbia has given birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research (CWR).
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Decades later, she’s arrested for murder, despite claiming the baby was stillborn.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025
Newborns often die—Francie’s favorite aunt, Sissy, gives birth to ten stillborn children.
—Perri Klass, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
What's New The orca that made headlines in 2018 for carrying her stillborn calf for 17 days off the coast of Washington and British Columbia has given birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research (CWR).
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Decades later, she’s arrested for murder, despite claiming the baby was stillborn.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stillborn
Adjective
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She was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Homicide detectives determined that the two deceased people had both pulled out handguns and shot each other after an argument.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mars has not always been a seemingly lifeless red desert.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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That’s a great source of tension on its own, but as things descend into a pat, lifeless love triangle, a gentle story gets sapped of some of its power.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The two argued, the cellmate said, and when Williams woke up in the morning, Yarborough was dead.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Soon dead bodies start piling up and fingers start getting pointed in all directions, most often landing on Jason as the killer.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Christopher Hoenig, a spokesperson for Jersey Central Power & Light, said that the power company de-energized high-voltage lines around the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant to protect the safety of firefighters in the area.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The shells are transported to a storage site in East Haven, a defunct quarry that’s high, dry and far enough from homes to avoid any odor issues.—
Jillian Freyer,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Adobe has used Max London to announce its latest Firefly app which combines the company’s commercially safe Firefly models as well as offering its customers a choice of also using models from third parties like Google and OpenAI.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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China's latest human spaceflight mission headed for orbit on Thursday morning (April 24).—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But with Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac taking the majority of the shots instead of the departed Paul George and a rehabilitating Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers score 45.9 percent of their points in the paint (fifth in NBA).—
Law Murray,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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These spirits not only provide a thoughtful toast to the departed but also serve as a reminder of Mexico’s deep traditions and reverence for the past.—
Rachel King,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
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Money market accounts were moribund through the low-interest years, but not today.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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New York’s big guns were silent, especially on the power play, which has been moribund for a month.—
Arthur Staple,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Stillborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stillborn. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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