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Recent Examples of bereavement
But even apart from recent budget cuts, there is a notable absence of national policies that reflect what loss actually looks like: expanded bereavement leave, sustained mental health funding, and public acknowledgment of collective trauma.
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Rebecca Soffer, Time, 10 May 2025
Most companies aren’t equipped to handle grief and loss in the workplace, as is evidenced by the standard bereavement leave being only about three to five days.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But still, friends rarely get bereavement leave, our relationships aren’t often given space on a tombstone epitaph, and there are few books, support groups, or films about the loss of friends.
—Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Soffer, Time, 10 May 2025
Most companies aren’t equipped to handle grief and loss in the workplace, as is evidenced by the standard bereavement leave being only about three to five days.
—Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But still, friends rarely get bereavement leave, our relationships aren’t often given space on a tombstone epitaph, and there are few books, support groups, or films about the loss of friends.
—Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
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Even in the absence of a flagship showcase, Italy’s audiovisual sector has continued to boom, with the value Italian original titles growing at an average annual rate of 11.6% since 2017 and surpassing €2 billion in total value by 2023.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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Funding public spending in the absence of a growing economy, leaves the government with two options: raise money through taxation, or take on more debt.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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Early studies indicate that creatine supplements could enhance cognitive function in older adults and people with dementia or sleep deprivation.—
Staff Author Published,
Verywell Health,
11 June 2025
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There’s nothing but chaos and deprivation in the streets of America.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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For another thing, squeezing the Russian economy is unlikely to produce sufficient privation to create meaningful political pressure against Putin.—
Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2022
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Temple students have criticized the center’s lack of visibility on campus, its initiatives largely unknown to them.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Workers with a college degree still fare better on the job hunt than those without one, but the lack of movement for those that are currently employed are making backfill positions more and more limited.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
6 June 2025
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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