as in obituaries
a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper
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Analysts tracked their presence through military movements and, later, obituaries of soldiers who were killed.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025 -
According to their obituaries, McGeeney, Johnson and Harrington graduated from Park Hill High School and, according to Picerno, had been friends since a young age.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Obits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obits. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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