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Recent Examples of bereavement
About 95% of workers say bereavement benefits are valuable, but fewer employers plan to expand that support this year.
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Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Grieving support The Georgia House Public and Community Health Committee advanced a plan aimed at putting perinatal bereavement devices in every hospital in the state.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Well, the dog died, and now Lauren wants to take bereavement leave.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
In Twinless, now available to stream on Hulu, Dennis (Sweeney) and Roman (O’Brien) quickly spark a friendship after meeting in a bereavement support group for twins.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
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Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Grieving support The Georgia House Public and Community Health Committee advanced a plan aimed at putting perinatal bereavement devices in every hospital in the state.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Well, the dog died, and now Lauren wants to take bereavement leave.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
In Twinless, now available to stream on Hulu, Dennis (Sweeney) and Roman (O’Brien) quickly spark a friendship after meeting in a bereavement support group for twins.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereavement
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For example, Vermont legislators have introduced legislation requiring that tech products used in school be registered and certified with the Secretary of State to prove limited data collection and the absence of addictive algorithms.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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And haunting is about distance, the presence of an absence.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Hamilton says severe sleep deprivation can be comparable to driving under the influence, affecting your accuracy and reaction time.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Such terrible deprivations the newcomers to our land must endure while guzzling nips, smoking weed and driving the wrong way on our interstate highways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the European settlers, underprepared for actual conditions in the region, suffered great privations, and only 1,500 remained by 1832.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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As recently as 2022, research group IDinsight found unintended pregnancy was, after a lack of money for school fees, the leading cause of girls not returning to education.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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In Miami-Dade, the lack of oversight has been acute, the Herald found.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Bereavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereavement. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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